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27804

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nash
Metro area
Rocky Mount, NC
Population
30,713
Coordinates
35.9892, -77.8427
☼ Live from 27804 — Rocky Mount, NC

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Where 27804 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27804
  • 🔢 Type 27804 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,804 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 331. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27803 (Rocky Mount, NC, 7 mi away) and 27805 (Aulander, NC, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27804 becomes 40872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02478, 02748, 02874, 04287, 07428, 07842, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84720 in Cedar City, UT, 1,953 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,158 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27804 and you would come out at 35.99°S, 102.16°E — 832 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 42.9 square miles of land, 27804 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,713This ZIP30,713
Households13,247This ZIP13,247
Housing units14,698This ZIP14,698
Median age41.2This ZIP41.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$61,359This ZIP$61,359North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$209,300This ZIP$209,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,037This ZIP$1,037North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.9%This ZIP28.9%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density716.3 / sq miThis ZIP716.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,128This ZIP1,128
Employees23,226This ZIP23,226
Annual payroll$1,160,910,000This ZIP$1,160,910,000
Tax returns filed13,340This ZIP13,340
Total adjusted gross income$897,591,000This ZIP$897,591,000

Land area

Land area42.88 sq miThis ZIP42.88 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 27804

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ZIP codes near 27804

ZIPCityDistance
27802 Rocky Mount, NC 5.1 mi
27868 Red Oak, NC 5.9 mi
27809 Battleboro, NC 6.0 mi
27803 Rocky Mount, NC 6.8 mi
27856 Nashville, NC 7.9 mi
27801 Rocky Mount, NC 8.4 mi
27878 Sharpsburg, NC 8.5 mi
27891 Whitakers, NC 9.4 mi
27815 Rocky Mount, NC 9.5 mi
27822 Elm City, NC 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27804?

27804 is in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in Nash County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9892, -77.8427.

What county is 27804 in?

27804 lies in Nash County.

What area code is 27804?

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

What time zone is 27804 in?

27804 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27804?

About 30,713 people live in ZIP code 27804, in 13,247 households, at 716.3 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 27804?

$61,359 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27804?

The closest are 27802 (5.1 mi), 27868 (5.9 mi), 27809 (6 mi), 27803 (6.8 mi) and 27856 (7.9 mi).

Is 27804 a PO Box ZIP code?

27804 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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