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27876

ZIP 27876 is Seaboard, 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
1,164
Coordinates
36.4744, -77.4051
☼ Live from 27876 — Seaboard, NC

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Where 27876 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27876
  • 🔢 Type 27876 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,876 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 23 × 101. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27875 (Scranton, NC, 87 mi away) and 27877 (Severn, NC, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27876 becomes 67872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27867, 28677, 28776, 62877, 67278, 68727, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76872 in Rochelle, TX, 1,293 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,171 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27876 and you would come out at 36.47°S, 102.59°E — 819 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 41.9 square miles of land, 27876 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,164This ZIP1,164
Households635This ZIP635
Housing units733This ZIP733
Median age56.5This ZIP56.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$51,040This ZIP$51,040North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$84,500This ZIP$84,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$715This ZIP$715North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.6%This ZIP9.6%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density27.8 / sq miThis ZIP27.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees209This ZIP209
Annual payroll$12,190,000This ZIP$12,190,000
Tax returns filed470This ZIP470
Total adjusted gross income$25,253,000This ZIP$25,253,000

Land area

Land area41.88 sq miThis ZIP41.88 sq mi
Water area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi

Other place names in 27876

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

ZIP codes near 27876

ZIPCityDistance
27853 Margarettsville, NC 6.1 mi
27866 Pleasant Hill, NC 6.8 mi
27845 Jackson, NC 7.4 mi
27831 Garysburg, NC 9.2 mi
27820 Conway, NC 9.8 mi
23828 Branchville, VA 10.6 mi
27890 Weldon, NC 11.0 mi
27867 Potecasi, NC 12.0 mi
27862 Pendleton, NC 12.1 mi
27877 Severn, NC 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27876?

27876 is in Seaboard, North Carolina, in Northampton County, part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4744, -77.4051.

What county is 27876 in?

27876 lies in Northampton County.

What area code is 27876?

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

What time zone is 27876 in?

27876 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27876?

About 1,164 people live in ZIP code 27876, in 635 households, at 27.8 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 27876?

$51,040 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27876?

The closest are 27853 (6.1 mi), 27866 (6.8 mi), 27845 (7.4 mi), 27831 (9.2 mi) and 27820 (9.8 mi).

Is 27876 a PO Box ZIP code?

27876 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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