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27853

ZIP 27853 is Margarettsville, North Carolina, in Northampton County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Northampton
Metro area
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Population
585
Coordinates
36.5152, -77.3072
☼ Live from 27853 — Margarettsville, NC

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Where 27853 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27853
  • 🔢 Type 27853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,853 = 7 × 23 × 173. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27852 (Macclesfield, NC, 56 mi away) and 27855 (Murfreesboro, NC, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27853 becomes 35872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23857, 23875, 25387, 25837, 25873, 27358, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83725 in Boise, ID, 2,094 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,175 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27853 and you would come out at 36.52°S, 102.69°E — 815 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 37.1 square miles of land, 27853 is bigger than 51% of ZIP codes — room for about 28 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population585This ZIP585
Households257This ZIP257
Housing units295This ZIP295
Median age48.3This ZIP48.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median home value$75,500This ZIP$75,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%This ZIP23.3%
Mean commute85.7 minThis ZIP85.7 min
Population density15.8 / sq miThis ZIP15.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees46This ZIP46
Annual payroll$2,129,000This ZIP$2,129,000
Tax returns filed180This ZIP180
Total adjusted gross income$10,059,000This ZIP$10,059,000

Land area

Land area37.13 sq miThis ZIP37.13 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 27853

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

ZIP codes near 27853

ZIPCityDistance
23828 Branchville, VA 5.1 mi
27876 Seaboard, NC 6.1 mi
27877 Severn, NC 6.4 mi
27862 Pendleton, NC 6.8 mi
27820 Conway, NC 7.4 mi
23827 Boykins, VA 9.3 mi
27867 Potecasi, NC 11.2 mi
23844 Drewryville, VA 11.4 mi
27866 Pleasant Hill, NC 11.5 mi
27845 Jackson, NC 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27853?

27853 is in Margarettsville, North Carolina, in Northampton County, part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5152, -77.3072.

What county is 27853 in?

27853 lies in Northampton County.

What area code is 27853?

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

What time zone is 27853 in?

27853 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27853?

About 585 people live in ZIP code 27853, in 257 households, at 15.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 27853?

The closest are 23828 (5.1 mi), 27876 (6.1 mi), 27877 (6.4 mi), 27862 (6.8 mi) and 27820 (7.4 mi).

Is 27853 a PO Box ZIP code?

27853 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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