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27837

ZIP 27837 is Grimesland, North Carolina, mostly in Pitt County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pitt +1 more
Metro area
Greenville, NC
Population
6,489
Coordinates
35.5139, -77.2046
☼ Live from 27837 — Grimesland, NC

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Where 27837 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27837
  • 🔢 Type 27837 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,837 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 1031. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110010111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27836 (Greenville, NC, 12 mi away) and 27839 (Halifax, NC, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27837 becomes 73872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27873, 28377, 28737, 28773, 32778, 32877, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83277 in Springfield, ID, 1,952 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,203 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27837 and you would come out at 35.51°S, 102.80°E — 789 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 58.9 square miles of land, 27837 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 45 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,489This ZIP6,489
Households2,490This ZIP2,490
Housing units2,725This ZIP2,725
Median age36.6This ZIP36.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$69,830This ZIP$69,830North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$161,400This ZIP$161,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$790This ZIP$790North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.0%This ZIP27.0%
Mean commute30.7 minThis ZIP30.7 min
Population density110.2 / sq miThis ZIP110.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments58This ZIP58
Employees203This ZIP203
Annual payroll$8,125,000This ZIP$8,125,000
Tax returns filed2,730This ZIP2,730
Total adjusted gross income$218,143,000This ZIP$218,143,000

Land area

Land area58.90 sq miThis ZIP58.90 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

Counties 27837 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pitt County 96.9%
Beaufort County 3.1%

Other place names in 27837

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

ZIP codes near 27837

ZIPCityDistance
27858 Greenville, NC 4.6 mi
27879 Simpson, NC 5.9 mi
27817 Chocowinity, NC 8.2 mi
27835 Greenville, NC 9.8 mi
27889 Washington, NC 11.1 mi
28513 Ayden, NC 11.5 mi
27833 Greenville, NC 11.5 mi
27836 Greenville, NC 11.5 mi
28590 Winterville, NC 11.9 mi
28586 Vanceboro, NC 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27837?

27837 is in Grimesland, North Carolina, in Pitt County, part of the Greenville, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5139, -77.2046.

What county is 27837 in?

27837 spans 2 counties: Pitt County and Beaufort 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 27837?

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

What time zone is 27837 in?

27837 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27837?

About 6,489 people live in ZIP code 27837, in 2,490 households, at 110.2 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 27837?

$69,830 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27837?

The closest are 27858 (4.6 mi), 27879 (5.9 mi), 27817 (8.2 mi), 27835 (9.8 mi) and 27889 (11.1 mi).

Is 27837 a PO Box ZIP code?

27837 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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