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27712

ZIP 27712 is in Durham, North Carolina, mostly in Durham County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Durham has 16 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Durham +1 more
Population
24,299
Coordinates
36.0955, -78.9041
☼ Live from 27712 — Durham, NC

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Where 27712 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27712
  • 🔢 Type 27712 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZILLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,712 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 433. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110001000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27711 (Durham, NC, 4 mi away) and 27713 (Durham, NC, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27712 becomes 21772, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12727, 17272, 21727, 27127, 27217, 71227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77221 in Houston, TX, 1,049 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,100 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27712 and you would come out at 36.10°S, 101.10°E — 892 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 33.4 square miles of land, 27712 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,299This ZIP24,299
Households9,551This ZIP9,551
Housing units9,768This ZIP9,768
Median age44.4This ZIP44.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$91,331This ZIP$91,331North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$372,600This ZIP$372,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,655This ZIP$1,655North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.3%This ZIP51.3%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density728.1 / sq miThis ZIP728.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments296This ZIP296
Employees5,843This ZIP5,843
Annual payroll$538,155,000This ZIP$538,155,000
Tax returns filed10,780This ZIP10,780
Total adjusted gross income$1,169,486,000This ZIP$1,169,486,000

Land area

Land area33.37 sq miThis ZIP33.37 sq mi
Water area0.52 sq miThis ZIP0.52 sq mi

Counties 27712 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Durham County 98.3%
Orange County 1.7%

Other place names in 27712

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

ZIP codes near 27712

ZIPCityDistance
27702 Durham, NC 4.0 mi
27710 Durham, NC 4.0 mi
27711 Durham, NC 4.0 mi
27715 Durham, NC 4.0 mi
27717 Durham, NC 4.0 mi
27503 Bahama, NC 4.1 mi
27704 Durham, NC 5.6 mi
27705 Durham, NC 6.5 mi
27701 Durham, NC 6.7 mi
27708 Durham, NC 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27712?

27712 is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0955, -78.9041.

What county is 27712 in?

27712 spans 2 counties: Durham County and Orange County. Most of it falls in Durham 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 27712?

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

What time zone is 27712 in?

27712 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27712?

About 24,299 people live in ZIP code 27712, in 9,551 households, at 728.1 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 27712?

$91,331 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27712?

The closest are 27702 (4 mi), 27710 (4 mi), 27711 (4 mi), 27715 (4 mi) and 27717 (4 mi).

Is 27712 a PO Box ZIP code?

27712 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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