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27886

ZIP 27886 is Tarboro, North Carolina, mostly in Edgecombe County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Edgecombe +1 more
Metro area
Rocky Mount, NC
Population
18,381
Coordinates
35.9047, -77.5117
☼ Live from 27886 — Tarboro, NC

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Where 27886 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27886
  • 🔢 Type 27886 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,886 = 2 × 73 × 191. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27885 (Swanquarter, NC, 78 mi away) and 27887 (Tillery, NC, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27886 becomes 68872 — and that is a real ZIP code: Saint Libory, NE, 1,178 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27868, 28678, 28687, 28768, 28786, 62878, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88267 in Tatum, NM, 1,479 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,178 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27886 and you would come out at 35.90°S, 102.49°E — 813 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 191.5 square miles of land, 27886 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 145 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,381This ZIP18,381
Households7,825This ZIP7,825
Housing units8,946This ZIP8,946
Median age47.9This ZIP47.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$52,850This ZIP$52,850North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$133,200This ZIP$133,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$843This ZIP$843North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.7%This ZIP19.7%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density96.0 / sq miThis ZIP96.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments360This ZIP360
Employees6,112This ZIP6,112
Annual payroll$265,899,000This ZIP$265,899,000
Tax returns filed8,320This ZIP8,320
Total adjusted gross income$430,390,000This ZIP$430,390,000

Land area

Land area191.48 sq miThis ZIP191.48 sq mi
Water area0.95 sq miThis ZIP0.95 sq mi

Counties 27886 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Edgecombe County 97.0%
Pitt County 3.0%

Other place names in 27886

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

ZIP codes near 27886

ZIPCityDistance
27881 Speed, NC 6.0 mi
27819 Conetoe, NC 7.0 mi
27843 Hobgood, NC 8.9 mi
27815 Rocky Mount, NC 10.2 mi
27812 Bethel, NC 10.2 mi
27864 Pinetops, NC 10.5 mi
27801 Rocky Mount, NC 12.0 mi
27861 Parmele, NC 12.4 mi
27852 Macclesfield, NC 12.8 mi
27841 Hassell, NC 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27886?

27886 is in Tarboro, North Carolina, in Edgecombe County, part of the Rocky Mount, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9047, -77.5117.

What county is 27886 in?

27886 spans 2 counties: Edgecombe County and Pitt County. Most of it falls in Edgecombe 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 27886?

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

What time zone is 27886 in?

27886 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27886?

About 18,381 people live in ZIP code 27886, in 7,825 households, at 96.0 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 27886?

$52,850 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27886?

The closest are 27881 (6 mi), 27819 (7 mi), 27843 (8.9 mi), 27815 (10.2 mi) and 27812 (10.2 mi).

Is 27886 a PO Box ZIP code?

27886 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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