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27883

ZIP 27883 is Stantonsburg, North Carolina, mostly in Wilson County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wilson +2 more
Metro area
Wilson, NC
Population
4,128
Coordinates
35.5924, -77.8044
☼ Live from 27883 — Stantonsburg, NC

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Where 27883 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27883
  • 🔢 Type 27883 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EBBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27883 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27882 (Spring Hope, NC, 30 mi away) and 27884 (Stokes, NC, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27883 becomes 38872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23878, 23887, 28378, 28387, 28738, 28783, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83872 in Viola, ID, 2,152 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,170 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27883 and you would come out at 35.59°S, 102.20°E — 823 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 78.9 square miles of land, 27883 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,128This ZIP4,128
Households1,531This ZIP1,531
Housing units1,753This ZIP1,753
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$61,185This ZIP$61,185North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$121,800This ZIP$121,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,125This ZIP$1,125North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.0%This ZIP21.0%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density52.3 / sq miThis ZIP52.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees281This ZIP281
Annual payroll$13,376,000This ZIP$13,376,000
Tax returns filed1,690This ZIP1,690
Total adjusted gross income$79,504,000This ZIP$79,504,000

Land area

Land area78.91 sq miThis ZIP78.91 sq mi
Water area0.27 sq miThis ZIP0.27 sq mi

Counties 27883 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Wilson County 47.8%
Greene County 36.6%
Wayne County 15.6%

Other place names in 27883

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ZIP codes near 27883

ZIPCityDistance
27873 Saratoga, NC 4.5 mi
27888 Walstonburg, NC 5.7 mi
27813 Black Creek, NC 8.0 mi
27830 Fremont, NC 8.4 mi
27893 Wilson, NC 9.0 mi
27894 Wilson, NC 10.2 mi
27895 Wilson, NC 11.2 mi
27863 Pikeville, NC 11.9 mi
28580 Snow Hill, NC 11.9 mi
27828 Farmville, NC 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27883?

27883 is in Stantonsburg, North Carolina, in Wilson County, part of the Wilson, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5924, -77.8044.

What county is 27883 in?

27883 spans 3 counties: Wilson County, Greene County and Wayne County. Most of it falls in Wilson 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 27883?

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

What time zone is 27883 in?

27883 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27883?

About 4,128 people live in ZIP code 27883, in 1,531 households, at 52.3 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 27883?

$61,185 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27883?

The closest are 27873 (4.5 mi), 27888 (5.7 mi), 27813 (8 mi), 27830 (8.4 mi) and 27893 (9 mi).

Is 27883 a PO Box ZIP code?

27883 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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