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27722

ZIP 27722 is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County; area codes 919 and 984; Eastern time. Durham has 16 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Durham
Coordinates
35.9940, -78.8986

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 27701, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 27722 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 27722
  • 🔢 Type 27722 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZLLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,722 = 2 × 83 × 167. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110001001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27717 (Durham, NC, 5 mi away) and 27801 (Rocky Mount, NC, 66 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27722 becomes 22772, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22727, 72227, 72722, 77222). The farthest-flung twin is 77222 in Houston, TX, 1,047 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,103 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27722 and you would come out at 35.99°S, 101.10°E — 890 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees34This ZIP34
Annual payroll$1,943,000This ZIP$1,943,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 27722

ZIPCityDistance
27701 Durham, NC 0.4 mi
27706 Durham, NC 2.4 mi
27708 Durham, NC 2.5 mi
27707 Durham, NC 4.1 mi
27702 Durham, NC 4.6 mi
27710 Durham, NC 4.6 mi
27711 Durham, NC 4.6 mi
27715 Durham, NC 4.6 mi
27717 Durham, NC 4.6 mi
27705 Durham, NC 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27722?

27722 is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County, part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9940, -78.8986.

What county is 27722 in?

27722 lies in Durham County.

What area code is 27722?

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

What time zone is 27722 in?

27722 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 27722?

The closest are 27701 (0.4 mi), 27706 (2.4 mi), 27708 (2.5 mi), 27707 (4.1 mi) and 27702 (4.6 mi).

Is 27722 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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