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27843

ZIP 27843 is Hobgood, North Carolina, mostly in Edgecombe County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Edgecombe +2 more
Metro area
Rocky Mount, NC
Population
876
Coordinates
35.9955, -77.4000
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Where 27843 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27843
  • 🔢 Type 27843 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,843 = 3 × 9281. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27842 (Henrico, NC, 45 mi away) and 27844 (Hollister, NC, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27843 becomes 34872, 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, 2,105 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,181 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27843 and you would come out at 36.00°S, 102.60°E — 809 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 60.9 square miles of land, 27843 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population876This ZIP876
Households317This ZIP317
Housing units429This ZIP429
Median age42.5This ZIP42.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$69,306This ZIP$69,306North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$103,200This ZIP$103,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$279This ZIP$279North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.1%This ZIP13.1%
Mean commute23.2 minThis ZIP23.2 min
Population density14.4 / sq miThis ZIP14.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees141This ZIP141
Annual payroll$6,617,000This ZIP$6,617,000
Tax returns filed390This ZIP390
Total adjusted gross income$19,106,000This ZIP$19,106,000

Land area

Land area60.91 sq miThis ZIP60.91 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 27843 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Edgecombe County 34.5%
Martin County 33.1%
Halifax County 32.4%

Other place names in 27843

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

ZIP codes near 27843

ZIPCityDistance
27881 Speed, NC 2.9 mi
27857 Oak City, NC 8.0 mi
27886 Tarboro, NC 8.9 mi
27841 Hassell, NC 9.2 mi
27874 Scotland Neck, NC 9.2 mi
27840 Hamilton, NC 10.1 mi
27849 Lewiston Woodville, NC 11.8 mi
27819 Conetoe, NC 12.9 mi
27861 Parmele, NC 13.1 mi
27812 Bethel, NC 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27843?

27843 is in Hobgood, North Carolina, in Edgecombe County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9955, -77.4000.

What county is 27843 in?

27843 spans 3 counties: Edgecombe County, Martin County and Halifax County. Most of it falls in Edgecombe 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 27843?

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

What time zone is 27843 in?

27843 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27843?

About 876 people live in ZIP code 27843, in 317 households, at 14.4 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 27843?

$69,306 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27843?

The closest are 27881 (2.9 mi), 27857 (8 mi), 27886 (8.9 mi), 27841 (9.2 mi) and 27874 (9.2 mi).

Is 27843 a PO Box ZIP code?

27843 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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