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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/27602

27602

ZIP 27602 is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Raleigh has 44 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Coordinates
35.7587, -78.6711

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 27606, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27602 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27602
  • 🔢 Type 27602 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOgLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,602 = 2 × 37 × 373. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101111010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27601 (Raleigh, NC, 2 mi away) and 27603 (Raleigh, NC, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27602 becomes 20672, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02672, 02726, 02762, 06722, 20627, 20726, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76022 in Bedford, TX, 1,072 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,120 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27602 and you would come out at 35.76°S, 101.33°E — 873 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees177This ZIP177
Annual payroll$10,343,000This ZIP$10,343,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27602

ZIPCityDistance
27695 Raleigh, NC 1.9 mi
27601 Raleigh, NC 2.3 mi
27605 Raleigh, NC 2.4 mi
27606 Raleigh, NC 2.7 mi
27697 Raleigh, NC 3.0 mi
27611 Raleigh, NC 3.7 mi
27620 Raleigh, NC 3.7 mi
27621 Raleigh, NC 3.7 mi
27622 Raleigh, NC 3.7 mi
27623 Raleigh, NC 3.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27602?

27602 is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7587, -78.6711.

What county is 27602 in?

27602 lies in Wake County.

What area code is 27602?

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

What time zone is 27602 in?

27602 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27602?

The closest are 27695 (1.9 mi), 27601 (2.3 mi), 27605 (2.4 mi), 27606 (2.7 mi) and 27697 (3 mi).

Is 27602 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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