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27882

ZIP 27882 is Spring Hope, North Carolina, mostly in Nash County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nash +1 more
Metro area
Rocky Mount, NC
Population
8,358
Coordinates
35.9424, -78.1184
☼ Live from 27882 — Spring Hope, NC

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Where 27882 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27882
  • 🔢 Type 27882 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,882 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 1549. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27881 (Speed, NC, 38 mi away) and 27883 (Stantonsburg, NC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27882 becomes 28872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27288, 27828, 28278, 28287, 28728, 28782, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78228 in San Antonio, TX, 1,268 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 78%.
  • 🎯1,145 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27882 and you would come out at 35.94°S, 101.88°E — 846 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 103.6 square miles of land, 27882 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 79 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,358This ZIP8,358
Households3,121This ZIP3,121
Housing units3,880This ZIP3,880
Median age42.8This ZIP42.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$52,691This ZIP$52,691North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$169,900This ZIP$169,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$845This ZIP$845North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.7%This ZIP12.7%
Mean commute30.9 minThis ZIP30.9 min
Population density80.7 / sq miThis ZIP80.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments114This ZIP114
Employees994This ZIP994
Annual payroll$43,564,000This ZIP$43,564,000
Tax returns filed3,600This ZIP3,600
Total adjusted gross income$216,414,000This ZIP$216,414,000

Land area

Land area103.59 sq miThis ZIP103.59 sq mi
Water area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi

Counties 27882 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Nash County 78.1%
Franklin County 21.9%

Other place names in 27882

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

ZIP codes near 27882

ZIPCityDistance
27508 Bunn, NC 7.5 mi
27856 Nashville, NC 9.1 mi
27807 Bailey, NC 9.2 mi
27816 Castalia, NC 11.8 mi
27557 Middlesex, NC 12.1 mi
27597 Zebulon, NC 12.4 mi
27896 Wilson, NC 13.1 mi
27549 Louisburg, NC 13.2 mi
27868 Red Oak, NC 13.9 mi
27880 Sims, NC 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27882?

27882 is in Spring Hope, North Carolina, in Nash County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9424, -78.1184.

What county is 27882 in?

27882 spans 2 counties: Nash County and Franklin 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 27882?

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

What time zone is 27882 in?

27882 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27882?

About 8,358 people live in ZIP code 27882, in 3,121 households, at 80.7 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 27882?

$52,691 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27882?

The closest are 27508 (7.5 mi), 27856 (9.1 mi), 27807 (9.2 mi), 27816 (11.8 mi) and 27557 (12.1 mi).

Is 27882 a PO Box ZIP code?

27882 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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