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27829

ZIP 27829 is Fountain, 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
1,664
Coordinates
35.7000, -77.6057
☼ Live from 27829 — Fountain, NC

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Where 27829 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 27829
  • 🔢 Type 27829 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GZBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,829 = 17 × 1637. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27828 (Farmville, NC, 8 mi away) and 27830 (Fremont, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27829 becomes 92872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22987, 27289, 27298, 27892, 27928, 27982, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98227 in Bellingham, WA, 2,425 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,178 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27829 and you would come out at 35.70°S, 102.39°E — 814 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 46.2 square miles of land, 27829 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,664This ZIP1,664
Households878This ZIP878
Housing units1,049This ZIP1,049
Median age43.9This ZIP43.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$58,277This ZIP$58,277North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$123,000This ZIP$123,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$701This ZIP$701North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.9%This ZIP34.9%
Mean commute64.1 minThis ZIP64.1 min
Population density36.0 / sq miThis ZIP36.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees110This ZIP110
Annual payroll$4,879,000This ZIP$4,879,000
Tax returns filed710This ZIP710
Total adjusted gross income$39,150,000This ZIP$39,150,000

Land area

Land area46.24 sq miThis ZIP46.24 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Counties 27829 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Pitt County 63.4%
Edgecombe County 20.6%
Wilson County 16.0%

Other place names in 27829

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

ZIP codes near 27829

ZIPCityDistance
27852 Macclesfield, NC 3.9 mi
27827 Falkland, NC 5.2 mi
27864 Pinetops, NC 7.4 mi
27828 Farmville, NC 8.1 mi
27888 Walstonburg, NC 9.0 mi
27811 Bellarthur, NC 9.5 mi
27873 Saratoga, NC 10.1 mi
27819 Conetoe, NC 11.5 mi
27834 Greenville, NC 13.0 mi
27883 Stantonsburg, NC 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27829?

27829 is in Fountain, North Carolina, in Pitt County, part of the Greenville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7000, -77.6057.

What county is 27829 in?

27829 spans 3 counties: Pitt County, Edgecombe County and Wilson 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 27829?

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

What time zone is 27829 in?

27829 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27829?

About 1,664 people live in ZIP code 27829, in 878 households, at 36.0 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 27829?

$58,277 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27829?

The closest are 27852 (3.9 mi), 27827 (5.2 mi), 27864 (7.4 mi), 27828 (8.1 mi) and 27888 (9 mi).

Is 27829 a PO Box ZIP code?

27829 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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