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27869

ZIP 27869 is Rich Square, North Carolina, mostly in Northampton County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Northampton +1 more
Metro area
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Population
1,834
Coordinates
36.2671, -77.3134
☼ Live from 27869 — Rich Square, NC

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Where 27869 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27869
  • 🔢 Type 27869 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,869 = 29 × 31 × 31. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27868 (Red Oak, NC, 36 mi away) and 27870 (Roanoke Rapids, NC, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27869 becomes 96872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27698, 27896, 27968, 27986, 28679, 28697, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96278 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,134 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,180 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27869 and you would come out at 36.27°S, 102.69°E — 810 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 82.1 square miles of land, 27869 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,834This ZIP1,834
Households835This ZIP835
Housing units990This ZIP990
Median age59.1This ZIP59.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$43,301This ZIP$43,301North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$115,200This ZIP$115,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$540This ZIP$540North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.0%This ZIP10.0%
Mean commute28.3 minThis ZIP28.3 min
Population density22.3 / sq miThis ZIP22.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments36This ZIP36
Employees333This ZIP333
Annual payroll$9,855,000This ZIP$9,855,000
Tax returns filed730This ZIP730
Total adjusted gross income$30,905,000This ZIP$30,905,000

Land area

Land area82.12 sq miThis ZIP82.12 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

Counties 27869 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Northampton County 99.7%
Bertie County 0.3%

Other place names in 27869

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

ZIP codes near 27869

ZIPCityDistance
27872 Roxobel, NC 5.9 mi
27897 Woodland, NC 7.0 mi
27867 Potecasi, NC 7.8 mi
27847 Kelford, NC 8.7 mi
27845 Jackson, NC 10.1 mi
27887 Tillery, NC 10.8 mi
27874 Scotland Neck, NC 11.0 mi
27820 Conway, NC 11.4 mi
27805 Aulander, NC 13.2 mi
27839 Halifax, NC 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27869?

27869 is in Rich Square, North Carolina, in Northampton County, part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2671, -77.3134.

What county is 27869 in?

27869 spans 2 counties: Northampton County and Bertie County. Most of it falls in Northampton 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 27869?

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

What time zone is 27869 in?

27869 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27869?

About 1,834 people live in ZIP code 27869, in 835 households, at 22.3 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 27869?

$43,301 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27869?

The closest are 27872 (5.9 mi), 27897 (7 mi), 27867 (7.8 mi), 27847 (8.7 mi) and 27845 (10.1 mi).

Is 27869 a PO Box ZIP code?

27869 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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