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27852

ZIP 27852 is Macclesfield, 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
2,269
Coordinates
35.7505, -77.6369
☼ Live from 27852 — Macclesfield, NC

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Where 27852 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27852
  • 🔢 Type 27852 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,852 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 211. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27851 (Lucama, NC, 23 mi away) and 27853 (Margarettsville, NC, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27852 becomes 25872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22578, 25287, 25728, 25827, 27258, 27285, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85722 in Tucson, AZ, 1,913 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,175 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27852 and you would come out at 35.75°S, 102.36°E — 817 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 48.1 square miles of land, 27852 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,269This ZIP2,269
Households1,112This ZIP1,112
Housing units1,157This ZIP1,157
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$55,921This ZIP$55,921North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$142,100This ZIP$142,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$886This ZIP$886North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.1%This ZIP28.1%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density47.2 / sq miThis ZIP47.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments32This ZIP32
Employees118This ZIP118
Annual payroll$5,231,000This ZIP$5,231,000
Tax returns filed1,160This ZIP1,160
Total adjusted gross income$74,839,000This ZIP$74,839,000

Land area

Land area48.12 sq miThis ZIP48.12 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Counties 27852 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Edgecombe County 81.5%
Pitt County 9.8%
Wilson County 8.7%

Other place names in 27852

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

ZIP codes near 27852

ZIPCityDistance
27864 Pinetops, NC 3.6 mi
27829 Fountain, NC 3.9 mi
27827 Falkland, NC 7.9 mi
27873 Saratoga, NC 10.3 mi
27819 Conetoe, NC 11.0 mi
27888 Walstonburg, NC 11.3 mi
27828 Farmville, NC 11.9 mi
27822 Elm City, NC 12.1 mi
27801 Rocky Mount, NC 12.3 mi
27815 Rocky Mount, NC 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27852?

27852 is in Macclesfield, North Carolina, in Edgecombe County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7505, -77.6369.

What county is 27852 in?

27852 spans 3 counties: Edgecombe County, Pitt County and Wilson 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 27852?

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

What time zone is 27852 in?

27852 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27852?

About 2,269 people live in ZIP code 27852, in 1,112 households, at 47.2 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 27852?

$55,921 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27852?

The closest are 27864 (3.6 mi), 27829 (3.9 mi), 27827 (7.9 mi), 27873 (10.3 mi) and 27819 (11 mi).

Is 27852 a PO Box ZIP code?

27852 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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