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27860

ZIP 27860 is Pantego, North Carolina, mostly in Beaufort County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Beaufort +2 more
Metro area
Washington, NC
Population
1,546
Coordinates
35.6642, -76.6353
☼ Live from 27860 — Pantego, NC

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Where 27860 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27860
  • 🔢 Type 27860 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,860 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 199. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27858 (Greenville, NC, 37 mi away) and 27861 (Parmele, NC, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27860 becomes 06872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02768, 02876, 06278, 06782, 07628, 07826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87026 in Laguna, NM, 1,717 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,230 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27860 and you would come out at 35.66°S, 103.36°E — 761 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 147.8 square miles of land, 27860 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 112 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,546This ZIP1,546
Households494This ZIP494
Housing units888This ZIP888
Median age31.4This ZIP31.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$62,083This ZIP$62,083North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$145,300This ZIP$145,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,045This ZIP$1,045North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.3%This ZIP14.3%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density10.5 / sq miThis ZIP10.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments51This ZIP51
Employees402This ZIP402
Annual payroll$19,110,000This ZIP$19,110,000
Tax returns filed790This ZIP790
Total adjusted gross income$47,943,000This ZIP$47,943,000

Land area

Land area147.77 sq miThis ZIP147.77 sq mi
Water area5.42 sq miThis ZIP5.42 sq mi

Counties 27860 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Beaufort County 55.1%
Washington County 30.3%
Hyde County 14.6%

Other place names in 27860

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ZIP codes near 27860

ZIPCityDistance
27962 Plymouth, NC 10.4 mi
27810 Belhaven, NC 10.5 mi
27865 Pinetown, NC 14.9 mi
27928 Creswell, NC 14.9 mi
27808 Bath, NC 15.3 mi
27846 Jamesville, NC 16.1 mi
27875 Scranton, NC 16.2 mi
27970 Roper, NC 16.9 mi
27826 Fairfield, NC 22.5 mi
27889 Washington, NC 22.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27860?

27860 is in Pantego, North Carolina, in Beaufort County, part of the Washington, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6642, -76.6353.

What county is 27860 in?

27860 spans 3 counties: Beaufort County, Washington County and Hyde County. Most of it falls in Beaufort 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 27860?

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

What time zone is 27860 in?

27860 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27860?

About 1,546 people live in ZIP code 27860, in 494 households, at 10.5 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 27860?

$62,083 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27860?

The closest are 27962 (10.4 mi), 27810 (10.5 mi), 27865 (14.9 mi), 27928 (14.9 mi) and 27808 (15.3 mi).

Is 27860 a PO Box ZIP code?

27860 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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