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27597

ZIP 27597 is Zebulon, North Carolina, mostly in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake +3 more
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Population
30,184
Coordinates
35.8416, -78.3028
☼ Live from 27597 — Zebulon, NC

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Where 27597 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27597
  • 🔢 Type 27597 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGSLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,597 = 3 × 9199. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101111001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27596 (Youngsville, NC, 13 mi away) and 27599 (Chapel Hill, NC, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27597 becomes 79572, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25779, 25977, 27957, 29577, 57279, 57792, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97527 in Grants Pass, OR, 2,430 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,138 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27597 and you would come out at 35.84°S, 101.70°E — 855 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 118.5 square miles of land, 27597 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 90 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,184This ZIP30,184
Households10,976This ZIP10,976
Housing units11,631This ZIP11,631
Median age38.9This ZIP38.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$84,625This ZIP$84,625North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$312,500This ZIP$312,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$997This ZIP$997North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.9%This ZIP26.9%
Mean commute33.7 minThis ZIP33.7 min
Population density254.8 / sq miThis ZIP254.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments516This ZIP516
Employees5,823This ZIP5,823
Annual payroll$333,804,000This ZIP$333,804,000
Tax returns filed14,500This ZIP14,500
Total adjusted gross income$1,042,523,000This ZIP$1,042,523,000

Land area

Land area118.47 sq miThis ZIP118.47 sq mi
Water area0.84 sq miThis ZIP0.84 sq mi

Counties 27597 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Wake County 42.2%
Franklin County 28.4%
Johnston County 22.9%
Nash County 6.5%

Other place names in 27597

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ZIP codes near 27597

ZIPCityDistance
27591 Wendell, NC 6.3 mi
27557 Middlesex, NC 7.3 mi
27508 Bunn, NC 8.6 mi
27571 Rolesville, NC 10.6 mi
27545 Knightdale, NC 10.9 mi
27588 Wake Forest, NC 12.3 mi
27807 Bailey, NC 12.3 mi
27882 Spring Hope, NC 12.4 mi
27596 Youngsville, NC 13.2 mi
27616 Raleigh, NC 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27597?

27597 is in Zebulon, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8416, -78.3028.

What county is 27597 in?

27597 spans 4 counties: Wake County, Franklin County, Johnston County and Nash County. Most of it falls in Wake County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 27597?

Zebulon uses area codes 919 and 984, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27597 in?

27597 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27597?

About 30,184 people live in ZIP code 27597, in 10,976 households, at 254.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 27597?

$84,625 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27597?

The closest are 27591 (6.3 mi), 27557 (7.3 mi), 27508 (8.6 mi), 27571 (10.6 mi) and 27545 (10.9 mi).

Is 27597 a PO Box ZIP code?

27597 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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