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27885

ZIP 27885 is Swanquarter, North Carolina, in Hyde County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hyde
Metro area
none
Population
1,003
Coordinates
35.4200, -76.2473
☼ Live from 27885 — Swanquarter, NC

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Where 27885 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27885
  • 🔢 Type 27885 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,885 = 3 × 5 × 11 × 13 × 13. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27884 (Stokes, NC, 61 mi away) and 27886 (Tarboro, NC, 78 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27885 becomes 58872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25878, 27588, 27858, 28578, 28587, 28758, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85287 in Tempe, AZ, 2,028 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,256 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27885 and you would come out at 35.42°S, 103.75°E — 736 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 124.0 square miles of land, 27885 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 94 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,003This ZIP1,003
Households375This ZIP375
Housing units483This ZIP483
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$59,784This ZIP$59,784North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$124,600This ZIP$124,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,394This ZIP$1,394North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher7.5%This ZIP7.5%
Mean commute20.5 minThis ZIP20.5 min
Population density8.1 / sq miThis ZIP8.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees92This ZIP92
Annual payroll$3,678,000This ZIP$3,678,000
Tax returns filed390This ZIP390
Total adjusted gross income$18,975,000This ZIP$18,975,000

Land area

Land area124.02 sq miThis ZIP124.02 sq mi
Water area107.78 sq miThis ZIP107.78 sq mi

Other place names in 27885

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

ZIP codes near 27885

ZIPCityDistance
27826 Fairfield, NC 12.1 mi
27875 Scranton, NC 14.7 mi
27824 Engelhard, NC 16.4 mi
27810 Belhaven, NC 17.4 mi
28552 Lowland, NC 19.3 mi
28537 Hobucken, NC 20.9 mi
27860 Pantego, NC 27.6 mi
27960 Ocracoke, NC 27.8 mi
28587 Vandemere, NC 28.6 mi
27928 Creswell, NC 28.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27885?

27885 is in Swanquarter, North Carolina, in Hyde County. Its published point location is 35.4200, -76.2473.

What county is 27885 in?

27885 lies in Hyde County.

What area code is 27885?

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

What time zone is 27885 in?

27885 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27885?

About 1,003 people live in ZIP code 27885, in 375 households, at 8.1 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 27885?

$59,784 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27885?

The closest are 27826 (12.1 mi), 27875 (14.7 mi), 27824 (16.4 mi), 27810 (17.4 mi) and 28552 (19.3 mi).

Is 27885 a PO Box ZIP code?

27885 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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