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27613

ZIP 27613 is in Raleigh, North Carolina, mostly in Wake County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Raleigh has 44 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wake +1 more
Metro area
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Population
45,235
Coordinates
35.9261, -78.7114
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Where 27613 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27613
  • 🔢 Type 27613 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EIgLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,613 = 53 × 521. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101111011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27612 (Raleigh, NC, 5 mi away) and 27614 (Raleigh, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27613 becomes 31672, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12736, 12763, 13627, 13672, 13762, 16327, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76123 in Fort Worth, TX, 1,090 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,114 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27613 and you would come out at 35.93°S, 101.29°E — 878 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 25.5 square miles of land, 27613 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,235This ZIP45,235
Households18,982This ZIP18,982
Housing units20,318This ZIP20,318
Median age41.2This ZIP41.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$123,966This ZIP$123,966North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$520,600This ZIP$520,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,628This ZIP$1,628North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher69.6%This ZIP69.6%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density1,774.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,774.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments985This ZIP985
Employees8,191This ZIP8,191
Annual payroll$356,036,000This ZIP$356,036,000
Tax returns filed22,900This ZIP22,900
Total adjusted gross income$3,392,510,000This ZIP$3,392,510,000

Land area

Land area25.50 sq miThis ZIP25.50 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Counties 27613 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Wake County 83.5%
Durham County 16.5%

Other place names in 27613

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 27613

ZIPCityDistance
27617 Raleigh, NC 3.6 mi
27615 Raleigh, NC 4.6 mi
27612 Raleigh, NC 5.3 mi
27614 Raleigh, NC 5.3 mi
27703 Durham, NC 5.8 mi
27619 Raleigh, NC 6.8 mi
27609 Raleigh, NC 7.2 mi
27607 Raleigh, NC 7.5 mi
27560 Morrisville, NC 8.0 mi
27709 Durham, NC 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27613?

27613 is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County, part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9261, -78.7114.

What county is 27613 in?

27613 spans 2 counties: Wake County and Durham 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 27613?

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

What time zone is 27613 in?

27613 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27613?

About 45,235 people live in ZIP code 27613, in 18,982 households, at 1,774.0 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 27613?

$123,966 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27613?

The closest are 27617 (3.6 mi), 27615 (4.6 mi), 27612 (5.3 mi), 27614 (5.3 mi) and 27703 (5.8 mi).

Is 27613 a PO Box ZIP code?

27613 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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