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27896

ZIP 27896 is in Wilson, North Carolina, mostly in Wilson County; area code 252; Eastern time. Wilson has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 27893, 27894 and 27895.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Wilson +1 more
Metro area
Wilson, NC
Population
19,455
Coordinates
35.7910, -77.9764
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Where 27896 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27896
  • 🔢 Type 27896 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,896 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 317. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27895 (Wilson, NC, 6 mi away) and 27897 (Woodland, NC, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27896 becomes 69872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27698, 27869, 27968, 27986, 28679, 28697, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96278 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,152 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,156 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27896 and you would come out at 35.79°S, 102.02°E — 836 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 35.2 square miles of land, 27896 is bigger than 50% of ZIP codes — room for about 27 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,455This ZIP19,455
Households8,430This ZIP8,430
Housing units9,030This ZIP9,030
Median age44.6This ZIP44.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$75,696This ZIP$75,696North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$242,700This ZIP$242,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,063This ZIP$1,063North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.2%This ZIP36.2%
Mean commute24.0 minThis ZIP24.0 min
Population density553.3 / sq miThis ZIP553.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments528This ZIP528
Employees5,898This ZIP5,898
Annual payroll$221,272,000This ZIP$221,272,000
Tax returns filed10,080This ZIP10,080
Total adjusted gross income$832,285,000This ZIP$832,285,000

Land area

Land area35.16 sq miThis ZIP35.16 sq mi
Water area0.49 sq miThis ZIP0.49 sq mi

Counties 27896 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Wilson County 67.5%
Nash County 32.5%

Other place names in 27896

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

ZIP codes near 27896

ZIPCityDistance
27895 Wilson, NC 5.6 mi
27807 Bailey, NC 6.3 mi
27894 Wilson, NC 6.6 mi
27880 Sims, NC 7.2 mi
27822 Elm City, NC 7.7 mi
27893 Wilson, NC 7.8 mi
27878 Sharpsburg, NC 9.7 mi
27803 Rocky Mount, NC 9.9 mi
27851 Lucama, NC 10.9 mi
27813 Black Creek, NC 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27896?

27896 is in Wilson, North Carolina, in Wilson County, part of the Wilson, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7910, -77.9764.

What county is 27896 in?

27896 spans 2 counties: Wilson County and Nash 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 27896?

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

What time zone is 27896 in?

27896 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27896?

About 19,455 people live in ZIP code 27896, in 8,430 households, at 553.3 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 27896?

$75,696 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27896?

The closest are 27895 (5.6 mi), 27807 (6.3 mi), 27894 (6.6 mi), 27880 (7.2 mi) and 27822 (7.7 mi).

Is 27896 a PO Box ZIP code?

27896 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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