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27812

ZIP 27812 is Bethel, North Carolina, mostly in Pitt County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pitt +2 more
Metro area
Greenville, NC
Population
2,188
Coordinates
35.8050, -77.3762
☼ Live from 27812 — Bethel, NC

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Where 27812 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27812
  • 🔢 Type 27812 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,812 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 409. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27811 (Bellarthur, NC, 17 mi away) and 27813 (Black Creek, NC, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27812 becomes 21872 — and that is a real ZIP code: Whaleyville, MD, 214 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12827, 12872, 17228, 17822, 21278, 21287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87122 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,632 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,187 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27812 and you would come out at 35.81°S, 102.62°E — 804 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 58.6 square miles of land, 27812 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 45 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,188This ZIP2,188
Households1,045This ZIP1,045
Housing units1,293This ZIP1,293
Median age42.9This ZIP42.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,268This ZIP$53,268North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$112,500This ZIP$112,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$725This ZIP$725North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.9%This ZIP15.9%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density37.3 / sq miThis ZIP37.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments42This ZIP42
Employees230This ZIP230
Annual payroll$14,266,000This ZIP$14,266,000
Tax returns filed970This ZIP970
Total adjusted gross income$53,606,000This ZIP$53,606,000

Land area

Land area58.63 sq miThis ZIP58.63 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 27812 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pitt County 65.2%
Edgecombe County 26.5%
Martin County 8.3%

Other place names in 27812

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

ZIP codes near 27812

ZIPCityDistance
27861 Parmele, NC 3.3 mi
27819 Conetoe, NC 4.6 mi
27871 Robersonville, NC 6.5 mi
27841 Hassell, NC 9.1 mi
27884 Stokes, NC 9.3 mi
27834 Greenville, NC 10.2 mi
27886 Tarboro, NC 10.2 mi
27827 Falkland, NC 10.6 mi
27840 Hamilton, NC 11.5 mi
27825 Everetts, NC 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27812?

27812 is in Bethel, North Carolina, in Pitt County, part of the Greenville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8050, -77.3762.

What county is 27812 in?

27812 spans 3 counties: Pitt County, Edgecombe County and Martin County. Most of it falls in Pitt 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 27812?

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

What time zone is 27812 in?

27812 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27812?

About 2,188 people live in ZIP code 27812, in 1,045 households, at 37.3 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 27812?

$53,268 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27812?

The closest are 27861 (3.3 mi), 27819 (4.6 mi), 27871 (6.5 mi), 27841 (9.1 mi) and 27884 (9.3 mi).

Is 27812 a PO Box ZIP code?

27812 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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