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27820

ZIP 27820 is Conway, North Carolina, in Northampton County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Northampton
Metro area
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Population
2,201
Coordinates
36.4215, -77.2416
☼ Live from 27820 — Conway, NC

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Where 27820 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27820
  • 🔢 Type 27820 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,820 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 13 × 107. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27819 (Conetoe, NC, 44 mi away) and 27821 (Edward, NC, 79 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27820 becomes 02872 — and that is a real ZIP code: Prudence Island, RI, 478 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02827, 02872, 07822, 08722, 20782, 20827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87022 in Isleta, NM, 1,650 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,180 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27820 and you would come out at 36.42°S, 102.76°E — 809 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 57.1 square miles of land, 27820 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 43 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,201This ZIP2,201
Households916This ZIP916
Housing units1,298This ZIP1,298
Median age36.7This ZIP36.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$50,909This ZIP$50,909North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$130,500This ZIP$130,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$682This ZIP$682North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.7%This ZIP29.7%
Mean commute28.9 minThis ZIP28.9 min
Population density38.5 / sq miThis ZIP38.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments32This ZIP32
Employees216This ZIP216
Annual payroll$9,546,000This ZIP$9,546,000
Tax returns filed1,060This ZIP1,060
Total adjusted gross income$56,393,000This ZIP$56,393,000

Land area

Land area57.11 sq miThis ZIP57.11 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Other place names in 27820

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

ZIP codes near 27820

ZIPCityDistance
27867 Potecasi, NC 4.0 mi
27862 Pendleton, NC 5.6 mi
27897 Woodland, NC 6.9 mi
27877 Severn, NC 7.3 mi
27853 Margarettsville, NC 7.4 mi
27855 Murfreesboro, NC 9.6 mi
27876 Seaboard, NC 9.8 mi
23828 Branchville, VA 11.1 mi
27869 Rich Square, NC 11.4 mi
27845 Jackson, NC 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27820?

27820 is in Conway, North Carolina, in Northampton County, part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4215, -77.2416.

What county is 27820 in?

27820 lies in Northampton County.

What area code is 27820?

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

What time zone is 27820 in?

27820 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27820?

About 2,201 people live in ZIP code 27820, in 916 households, at 38.5 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 27820?

$50,909 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27820?

The closest are 27867 (4 mi), 27862 (5.6 mi), 27897 (6.9 mi), 27877 (7.3 mi) and 27853 (7.4 mi).

Is 27820 a PO Box ZIP code?

27820 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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