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27844

ZIP 27844 is Hollister, North Carolina, mostly in Halifax County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Halifax +3 more
Metro area
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Population
3,334
Coordinates
36.2427, -77.9464
☼ Live from 27844 — Hollister, NC

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Where 27844 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27844
  • 🔢 Type 27844 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,844 = 2 × 2 × 6961. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27843 (Hobgood, NC, 35 mi away) and 27845 (Jackson, NC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27844 becomes 44872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24487, 24847, 24874, 28447, 28744, 42748, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84742 in Kanarraville, UT, 1,937 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,147 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27844 and you would come out at 36.24°S, 102.05°E — 843 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 54.1 square miles of land, 27844 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,334This ZIP3,334
Households1,359This ZIP1,359
Housing units1,636This ZIP1,636
Median age41.1This ZIP41.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$39,076This ZIP$39,076North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$105,200This ZIP$105,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$758This ZIP$758North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.1%This ZIP13.1%
Mean commute34.4 minThis ZIP34.4 min
Population density61.7 / sq miThis ZIP61.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees147This ZIP147
Annual payroll$4,455,000This ZIP$4,455,000
Tax returns filed1,040This ZIP1,040
Total adjusted gross income$42,249,000This ZIP$42,249,000

Land area

Land area54.07 sq miThis ZIP54.07 sq mi
Water area0.24 sq miThis ZIP0.24 sq mi

Counties 27844 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Halifax County 71.2%
Warren County 20.6%
Nash County 4.5%
Franklin County 3.6%

Other place names in 27844

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ZIP codes near 27844

ZIPCityDistance
27816 Castalia, NC 11.6 mi
27589 Warrenton, NC 11.8 mi
27850 Littleton, NC 12.3 mi
27586 Vaughan, NC 13.1 mi
27868 Red Oak, NC 13.1 mi
27823 Enfield, NC 13.2 mi
27551 Macon, NC 14.3 mi
27891 Whitakers, NC 15.1 mi
27856 Nashville, NC 15.9 mi
27804 Rocky Mount, NC 18.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27844?

27844 is in Hollister, North Carolina, in Halifax County, part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2427, -77.9464.

What county is 27844 in?

27844 spans 4 counties: Halifax County, Warren County, Nash County and Franklin County. Most of it falls in Halifax 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 27844?

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

What time zone is 27844 in?

27844 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27844?

About 3,334 people live in ZIP code 27844, in 1,359 households, at 61.7 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 27844?

$39,076 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27844?

The closest are 27816 (11.6 mi), 27589 (11.8 mi), 27850 (12.3 mi), 27586 (13.1 mi) and 27868 (13.1 mi).

Is 27844 a PO Box ZIP code?

27844 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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