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27855

ZIP 27855 is Murfreesboro, North Carolina, mostly in Hertford County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hertford +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
5,783
Coordinates
36.4156, -77.0693
☼ Live from 27855 — Murfreesboro, NC

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Where 27855 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27855
  • 🔢 Type 27855 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,855 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 619. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27853 (Margarettsville, NC, 15 mi away) and 27856 (Nashville, NC, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27855 becomes 55872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25857, 25875, 28557, 28575, 28755, 52758, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85257 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,973 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,190 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27855 and you would come out at 36.42°S, 102.93°E — 800 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 55.0 square miles of land, 27855 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,783This ZIP5,783
Households2,191This ZIP2,191
Housing units2,769This ZIP2,769
Median age34.0This ZIP34.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$42,938This ZIP$42,938North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$99,600This ZIP$99,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,014This ZIP$1,014North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.9%This ZIP18.9%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density105.2 / sq miThis ZIP105.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments91This ZIP91
Employees1,090This ZIP1,090
Annual payroll$33,151,000This ZIP$33,151,000
Tax returns filed2,050This ZIP2,050
Total adjusted gross income$105,641,000This ZIP$105,641,000

Land area

Land area54.99 sq miThis ZIP54.99 sq mi
Water area0.37 sq miThis ZIP0.37 sq mi

Counties 27855 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hertford County 83.4%
Northampton County 16.6%

Other place names in 27855

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

ZIP codes near 27855

ZIPCityDistance
27818 Como, NC 6.5 mi
27862 Pendleton, NC 8.4 mi
27986 Winton, NC 8.6 mi
27820 Conway, NC 9.6 mi
27877 Severn, NC 9.9 mi
27897 Woodland, NC 10.0 mi
27867 Potecasi, NC 10.1 mi
27910 Ahoskie, NC 10.2 mi
27935 Eure, NC 11.2 mi
23874 Newsoms, VA 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27855?

27855 is in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, in Hertford County. Its published point location is 36.4156, -77.0693.

What county is 27855 in?

27855 spans 2 counties: Hertford County and Northampton County. Most of it falls in Hertford 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 27855?

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

What time zone is 27855 in?

27855 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27855?

About 5,783 people live in ZIP code 27855, in 2,191 households, at 105.2 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 27855?

$42,938 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27855?

The closest are 27818 (6.5 mi), 27862 (8.4 mi), 27986 (8.6 mi), 27820 (9.6 mi) and 27877 (9.9 mi).

Is 27855 a PO Box ZIP code?

27855 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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