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27851

ZIP 27851 is Lucama, North Carolina, mostly in Wilson County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wilson +1 more
Metro area
Wilson, NC
Population
5,343
Coordinates
35.6401, -78.0307
☼ Live from 27851 — Lucama, NC

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Where 27851 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27851
  • 🔢 Type 27851 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27851 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27850 (Littleton, NC, 54 mi away) and 27852 (Macclesfield, NC, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27851 becomes 15872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12578, 12758, 12785, 12857, 15278, 15728, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85172 in Stanfield, AZ, 1,937 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,157 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27851 and you would come out at 35.64°S, 101.97°E — 836 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 44.3 square miles of land, 27851 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,343This ZIP5,343
Households1,921This ZIP1,921
Housing units2,108This ZIP2,108
Median age38.5This ZIP38.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,750This ZIP$66,750North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$161,600This ZIP$161,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$842This ZIP$842North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.8%This ZIP14.8%
Mean commute23.5 minThis ZIP23.5 min
Population density120.6 / sq miThis ZIP120.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments46This ZIP46
Employees157This ZIP157
Annual payroll$5,076,000This ZIP$5,076,000
Tax returns filed2,300This ZIP2,300
Total adjusted gross income$126,725,000This ZIP$126,725,000

Land area

Land area44.32 sq miThis ZIP44.32 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 27851 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Wilson County 99.1%
Wayne County 0.9%

Other place names in 27851

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

ZIP codes near 27851

ZIPCityDistance
27813 Black Creek, NC 5.2 mi
27542 Kenly, NC 6.1 mi
27880 Sims, NC 6.9 mi
27830 Fremont, NC 6.9 mi
27893 Wilson, NC 8.0 mi
27895 Wilson, NC 8.0 mi
27894 Wilson, NC 8.8 mi
27896 Wilson, NC 10.9 mi
27863 Pikeville, NC 11.0 mi
27555 Micro, NC 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27851?

27851 is in Lucama, North Carolina, in Wilson County, part of the Wilson, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6401, -78.0307.

What county is 27851 in?

27851 spans 2 counties: Wilson County and Wayne County. Most of it falls in Wilson 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 27851?

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

What time zone is 27851 in?

27851 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27851?

About 5,343 people live in ZIP code 27851, in 1,921 households, at 120.6 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 27851?

$66,750 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27851?

The closest are 27813 (5.2 mi), 27542 (6.1 mi), 27880 (6.9 mi), 27830 (6.9 mi) and 27893 (8 mi).

Is 27851 a PO Box ZIP code?

27851 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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