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27801

ZIP 27801 is in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in Edgecombe County; area code 252; Eastern time. Rocky Mount has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 27802, 27803, 27804 and 27815.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Edgecombe
Metro area
Rocky Mount, NC
Population
19,532
Coordinates
35.9134, -77.7257
☼ Live from 27801 — Rocky Mount, NC

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Where 27801 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27801
  • 🔢 Type 27801 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,801 = 3 × 3 × 3089. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27722 (Durham, NC, 66 mi away) and 27802 (Rocky Mount, NC, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27801 becomes 10872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01827, 02187, 02718, 02817, 02871, 07821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87021 in Milan, NM, 1,689 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,166 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27801 and you would come out at 35.91°S, 102.27°E — 825 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 66.6 square miles of land, 27801 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 51 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,532This ZIP19,532
Households7,222This ZIP7,222
Housing units9,152This ZIP9,152
Median age34.1This ZIP34.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$44,884This ZIP$44,884North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$115,400This ZIP$115,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$859This ZIP$859North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.9%This ZIP15.9%
Mean commute21.1 minThis ZIP21.1 min
Population density293.1 / sq miThis ZIP293.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments219This ZIP219
Employees5,687This ZIP5,687
Annual payroll$205,385,000This ZIP$205,385,000
Tax returns filed7,700This ZIP7,700
Total adjusted gross income$289,833,000This ZIP$289,833,000

Land area

Land area66.65 sq miThis ZIP66.65 sq mi
Water area0.26 sq miThis ZIP0.26 sq mi

Other place names in 27801

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

ZIP codes near 27801

ZIPCityDistance
27815 Rocky Mount, NC 2.0 mi
27802 Rocky Mount, NC 3.4 mi
27878 Sharpsburg, NC 6.7 mi
27803 Rocky Mount, NC 7.1 mi
27809 Battleboro, NC 7.2 mi
27804 Rocky Mount, NC 8.4 mi
27864 Pinetops, NC 8.9 mi
27822 Elm City, NC 9.8 mi
27886 Tarboro, NC 12.0 mi
27852 Macclesfield, NC 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27801?

27801 is in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in Edgecombe County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9134, -77.7257.

What county is 27801 in?

27801 lies in Edgecombe County.

What area code is 27801?

Rocky Mount uses area code 252, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27801 in?

27801 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27801?

About 19,532 people live in ZIP code 27801, in 7,222 households, at 293.1 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 27801?

$44,884 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27801?

The closest are 27815 (2 mi), 27802 (3.4 mi), 27878 (6.7 mi), 27803 (7.1 mi) and 27809 (7.2 mi).

Is 27801 a PO Box ZIP code?

27801 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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