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27878

ZIP 27878 is Sharpsburg, North Carolina, mostly in Nash County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nash +2 more
Metro area
Rocky Mount, NC
Population
1,094
Coordinates
35.8661, -77.8305
☼ Live from 27878 — Sharpsburg, NC

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Where 27878 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27878
  • 🔢 Type 27878 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,878 = 2 × 53 × 263. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27877 (Severn, NC, 57 mi away) and 27879 (Simpson, NC, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27878 becomes 87872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27887, 28778, 28787, 77288, 77882, 78278, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87827 in Pie Town, NM, 1,709 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,162 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27878 and you would come out at 35.87°S, 102.17°E — 829 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 0.774 square miles of land, 27878 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 375 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,094This ZIP1,094
Households470This ZIP470
Housing units610This ZIP610
Median age35.6This ZIP35.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,382This ZIP$53,382North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$111,500This ZIP$111,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$926This ZIP$926North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher3.7%This ZIP3.7%
Mean commute25.0 minThis ZIP25.0 min
Population density1,413.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,413.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees171This ZIP171
Annual payroll$5,533,000This ZIP$5,533,000

Land area

Land area0.77 sq miThis ZIP0.77 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 27878 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Nash County 59.5%
Wilson County 27.5%
Edgecombe County 12.9%

Other place names in 27878

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ZIP codes near 27878

ZIPCityDistance
27803 Rocky Mount, NC 2.0 mi
27822 Elm City, NC 4.1 mi
27802 Rocky Mount, NC 5.6 mi
27801 Rocky Mount, NC 6.7 mi
27804 Rocky Mount, NC 8.5 mi
27815 Rocky Mount, NC 8.7 mi
27896 Wilson, NC 9.7 mi
27864 Pinetops, NC 11.1 mi
27894 Wilson, NC 11.2 mi
27895 Wilson, NC 11.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27878?

27878 is in Sharpsburg, North Carolina, in Nash County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.8661, -77.8305.

What county is 27878 in?

27878 spans 3 counties: Nash County, Wilson County and Edgecombe County. Most of it falls in Nash 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 27878?

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

What time zone is 27878 in?

27878 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27878?

About 1,094 people live in ZIP code 27878, in 470 households, at 1,413.4 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 27878?

$53,382 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27878?

The closest are 27803 (2 mi), 27822 (4.1 mi), 27802 (5.6 mi), 27801 (6.7 mi) and 27804 (8.5 mi).

Is 27878 a PO Box ZIP code?

27878 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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