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27850

ZIP 27850 is Littleton, North Carolina, mostly in Halifax County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Halifax +1 more
Metro area
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Population
7,053
Coordinates
36.4124, -77.8802
☼ Live from 27850 — Littleton, NC

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Where 27850 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27850
  • 🔢 Type 27850 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,850 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 557. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27849 (Lewiston Woodville, NC, 44 mi away) and 27851 (Lucama, NC, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27850 becomes 05872 — and that is a real ZIP code: West Charleston, VT, 660 miles away.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02857, 02875, 05827, 05872, 07825, 07852, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85072 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,938 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% 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 27850 and you would come out at 36.41°S, 102.12°E — 843 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 191.0 square miles of land, 27850 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 145 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,053This ZIP7,053
Households3,204This ZIP3,204
Housing units5,406This ZIP5,406
Median age51.3This ZIP51.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,672This ZIP$65,672North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$192,600This ZIP$192,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$616This ZIP$616North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.7%This ZIP28.7%
Mean commute29.2 minThis ZIP29.2 min
Population density36.9 / sq miThis ZIP36.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments145This ZIP145
Employees825This ZIP825
Annual payroll$28,825,000This ZIP$28,825,000
Tax returns filed2,920This ZIP2,920
Total adjusted gross income$322,656,000This ZIP$322,656,000

Land area

Land area190.97 sq miThis ZIP190.97 sq mi
Water area11.99 sq miThis ZIP11.99 sq mi

Counties 27850 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Halifax County 64.5%
Warren County 35.5%

Other place names in 27850

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ZIP codes near 27850

ZIPCityDistance
27586 Vaughan, NC 6.9 mi
27842 Henrico, NC 8.1 mi
27551 Macon, NC 9.6 mi
27870 Roanoke Rapids, NC 10.3 mi
27832 Gaston, NC 10.8 mi
23887 Valentines, VA 11.7 mi
23857 Gasburg, VA 11.9 mi
27844 Hollister, NC 12.3 mi
23845 Ebony, VA 12.7 mi
23893 White Plains, VA 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27850?

27850 is in Littleton, North Carolina, in Halifax County, part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4124, -77.8802.

What county is 27850 in?

27850 spans 2 counties: Halifax County and Warren 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 27850?

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

What time zone is 27850 in?

27850 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27850?

About 7,053 people live in ZIP code 27850, in 3,204 households, at 36.9 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 27850?

$65,672 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27850?

The closest are 27586 (6.9 mi), 27842 (8.1 mi), 27551 (9.6 mi), 27870 (10.3 mi) and 27832 (10.8 mi).

Is 27850 a PO Box ZIP code?

27850 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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