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27865

ZIP 27865 is Pinetown, North Carolina, in Beaufort County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Beaufort
Metro area
Washington, NC
Population
2,387
Coordinates
35.6640, -76.9000
☼ Live from 27865 — Pinetown, NC

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Where 27865 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27865
  • 🔢 Type 27865 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,865 = 5 × 5573. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27864 (Pinetops, NC, 43 mi away) and 27866 (Pleasant Hill, NC, 68 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27865 becomes 56872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25678, 25876, 26578, 26587, 27568, 27586, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85267 in Scottsdale, AZ, 1,986 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,216 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27865 and you would come out at 35.66°S, 103.10°E — 775 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 125.8 square miles of land, 27865 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 96 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,387This ZIP2,387
Households934This ZIP934
Housing units1,072This ZIP1,072
Median age47.0This ZIP47.0North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$72,708This ZIP$72,708North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$184,800This ZIP$184,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,559This ZIP$1,559North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.6%This ZIP12.6%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density19.0 / sq miThis ZIP19.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees243This ZIP243
Annual payroll$9,489,000This ZIP$9,489,000
Tax returns filed820This ZIP820
Total adjusted gross income$46,691,000This ZIP$46,691,000

Land area

Land area125.81 sq miThis ZIP125.81 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Other place names in 27865

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

ZIP codes near 27865

ZIPCityDistance
27846 Jamesville, NC 6.5 mi
27889 Washington, NC 9.1 mi
27962 Plymouth, NC 9.7 mi
27892 Williamston, NC 14.1 mi
27860 Pantego, NC 14.9 mi
27808 Bath, NC 15.7 mi
27817 Chocowinity, NC 17.9 mi
27825 Everetts, NC 19.3 mi
27814 Blounts Creek, NC 19.7 mi
27837 Grimesland, NC 20.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27865?

27865 is in Pinetown, North Carolina, in Beaufort County, part of the Washington, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.6640, -76.9000.

What county is 27865 in?

27865 lies in Beaufort County.

What area code is 27865?

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

What time zone is 27865 in?

27865 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27865?

About 2,387 people live in ZIP code 27865, in 934 households, at 19.0 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 27865?

$72,708 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27865?

The closest are 27846 (6.5 mi), 27889 (9.1 mi), 27962 (9.7 mi), 27892 (14.1 mi) and 27860 (14.9 mi).

Is 27865 a PO Box ZIP code?

27865 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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