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27822

ZIP 27822 is Elm City, North Carolina, mostly in Wilson County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wilson +2 more
Metro area
Wilson, NC
Population
7,838
Coordinates
35.8070, -77.8405
☼ Live from 27822 — Elm City, NC

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Where 27822 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27822
  • 🔢 Type 27822 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,822 = 2 × 3 × 4637. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27821 (Edward, NC, 64 mi away) and 27823 (Enfield, NC, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27822 becomes 22872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22728, 22827, 27228, 27282, 28227, 28272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82227 in Manville, WY, 1,508 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,163 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27822 and you would come out at 35.81°S, 102.16°E — 829 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 87.6 square miles of land, 27822 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 67 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,838This ZIP7,838
Households3,093This ZIP3,093
Housing units3,347This ZIP3,347
Median age44.2This ZIP44.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,703This ZIP$63,703North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$165,600This ZIP$165,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$862This ZIP$862North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Mean commute20.6 minThis ZIP20.6 min
Population density89.4 / sq miThis ZIP89.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments107This ZIP107
Employees742This ZIP742
Annual payroll$34,834,000This ZIP$34,834,000
Tax returns filed3,840This ZIP3,840
Total adjusted gross income$260,739,000This ZIP$260,739,000

Land area

Land area87.63 sq miThis ZIP87.63 sq mi
Water area0.55 sq miThis ZIP0.55 sq mi

Counties 27822 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Wilson County 74.8%
Nash County 16.4%
Edgecombe County 8.8%

Other place names in 27822

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

ZIP codes near 27822

ZIPCityDistance
27878 Sharpsburg, NC 4.1 mi
27803 Rocky Mount, NC 5.9 mi
27894 Wilson, NC 7.2 mi
27896 Wilson, NC 7.7 mi
27895 Wilson, NC 7.7 mi
27893 Wilson, NC 8.6 mi
27802 Rocky Mount, NC 9.5 mi
27801 Rocky Mount, NC 9.8 mi
27864 Pinetops, NC 10.7 mi
27873 Saratoga, NC 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27822?

27822 is in Elm City, North Carolina, in Wilson County, part of the Wilson, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8070, -77.8405.

What county is 27822 in?

27822 spans 3 counties: Wilson County, Nash County and Edgecombe County. Most of it falls in Wilson 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 27822?

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

What time zone is 27822 in?

27822 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27822?

About 7,838 people live in ZIP code 27822, in 3,093 households, at 89.4 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 27822?

$63,703 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27822?

The closest are 27878 (4.1 mi), 27803 (5.9 mi), 27894 (7.2 mi), 27896 (7.7 mi) and 27895 (7.7 mi).

Is 27822 a PO Box ZIP code?

27822 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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