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27834

ZIP 27834 is in Greenville, North Carolina, mostly in Pitt County; area code 252; Eastern time. Greenville has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 27833, 27835, 27836 and 27858.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pitt +2 more
Metro area
Greenville, NC
Population
56,347
Coordinates
35.6568, -77.3795
☼ Live from 27834 — Greenville, NC

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Where 27834 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27834
  • 🔢 Type 27834 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,834 = 2 × 3 × 4639. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27833 (Greenville, NC, 5 mi away) and 27835 (Greenville, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27834 becomes 43872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23487, 23847, 23874, 24378, 24738, 24873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83724 in Boise, ID, 2,116 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,191 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27834 and you would come out at 35.66°S, 102.62°E — 801 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 174.3 square miles of land, 27834 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 132 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population56,347This ZIP56,347
Households24,640This ZIP24,640
Housing units27,711This ZIP27,711
Median age32.6This ZIP32.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$48,935This ZIP$48,935North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$174,500This ZIP$174,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$972This ZIP$972North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.4%This ZIP27.4%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density323.3 / sq miThis ZIP323.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,300This ZIP1,300
Employees34,934This ZIP34,934
Annual payroll$2,044,842,000This ZIP$2,044,842,000
Tax returns filed22,940This ZIP22,940
Total adjusted gross income$1,285,501,000This ZIP$1,285,501,000

Land area

Land area174.29 sq miThis ZIP174.29 sq mi
Water area1.54 sq miThis ZIP1.54 sq mi

Counties 27834 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pitt County 96.2%
Beaufort County 2.7%
Edgecombe County 1.1%

Other place names in 27834

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ZIP codes near 27834

ZIPCityDistance
27835 Greenville, NC 4.9 mi
27833 Greenville, NC 5.3 mi
27836 Greenville, NC 5.3 mi
27884 Stokes, NC 7.1 mi
27827 Falkland, NC 8.0 mi
27879 Simpson, NC 8.0 mi
27811 Bellarthur, NC 9.0 mi
28590 Winterville, NC 9.6 mi
27858 Greenville, NC 10.2 mi
27812 Bethel, NC 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27834?

27834 is in Greenville, North Carolina, in Pitt County, part of the Greenville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6568, -77.3795.

What county is 27834 in?

27834 spans 3 counties: Pitt County, Beaufort County and Edgecombe 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 27834?

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

What time zone is 27834 in?

27834 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27834?

About 56,347 people live in ZIP code 27834, in 24,640 households, at 323.3 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 27834?

$48,935 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27834?

The closest are 27835 (4.9 mi), 27833 (5.3 mi), 27836 (5.3 mi), 27884 (7.1 mi) and 27827 (8 mi).

Is 27834 a PO Box ZIP code?

27834 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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