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27807

ZIP 27807 is Bailey, North Carolina, mostly in Nash County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nash +1 more
Metro area
Rocky Mount, NC
Population
5,958
Coordinates
35.8114, -78.0860
☼ Live from 27807 — Bailey, NC

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Where 27807 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27807
  • 🔢 Type 27807 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LOBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,807 = 3 × 13 × 23 × 31. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27806 (Aurora, NC, 83 mi away) and 27808 (Bath, NC, 78 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27807 becomes 70872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02877, 07728, 07827, 20778, 20787, 20877, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87027 in La Jara, NM, 1,608 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,150 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27807 and you would come out at 35.81°S, 101.91°E — 842 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 48.1 square miles of land, 27807 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,958This ZIP5,958
Households2,149This ZIP2,149
Housing units2,464This ZIP2,464
Median age39.9This ZIP39.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$80,382This ZIP$80,382North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$164,900This ZIP$164,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$897This ZIP$897North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.7%This ZIP16.7%
Mean commute27.0 minThis ZIP27.0 min
Population density123.8 / sq miThis ZIP123.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments69This ZIP69
Employees465This ZIP465
Annual payroll$17,679,000This ZIP$17,679,000
Tax returns filed3,230This ZIP3,230
Total adjusted gross income$198,871,000This ZIP$198,871,000

Land area

Land area48.14 sq miThis ZIP48.14 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Counties 27807 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Nash County 93.0%
Wilson County 7.0%

Other place names in 27807

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

ZIP codes near 27807

ZIPCityDistance
27880 Sims, NC 5.6 mi
27896 Wilson, NC 6.3 mi
27557 Middlesex, NC 6.7 mi
27882 Spring Hope, NC 9.2 mi
27895 Wilson, NC 10.9 mi
27894 Wilson, NC 12.1 mi
27851 Lucama, NC 12.2 mi
27597 Zebulon, NC 12.3 mi
27893 Wilson, NC 13.0 mi
27542 Kenly, NC 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27807?

27807 is in Bailey, North Carolina, in Nash County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8114, -78.0860.

What county is 27807 in?

27807 spans 2 counties: Nash County and Wilson County. Most of it falls in Nash 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 27807?

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

What time zone is 27807 in?

27807 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27807?

About 5,958 people live in ZIP code 27807, in 2,149 households, at 123.8 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 27807?

$80,382 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27807?

The closest are 27880 (5.6 mi), 27896 (6.3 mi), 27557 (6.7 mi), 27882 (9.2 mi) and 27895 (10.9 mi).

Is 27807 a PO Box ZIP code?

27807 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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