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27897

ZIP 27897 is Woodland, North Carolina, mostly in Northampton County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Northampton +1 more
Metro area
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Population
1,194
Coordinates
36.3246, -77.2097
☼ Live from 27897 — Woodland, NC

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Where 27897 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27897
  • 🔢 Type 27897 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGBLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,897 = 3 × 17 × 547. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110011111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27896 (Wilson, NC, 57 mi away) and 27906 (Elizabeth City, NC, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27897 becomes 79872, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27879, 27978, 28779, 77289, 77982, 78279, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98277 in Oak Harbor, WA, 2,423 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,184 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27897 and you would come out at 36.32°S, 102.79°E — 805 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 44.2 square miles of land, 27897 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,194This ZIP1,194
Households570This ZIP570
Housing units956This ZIP956
Median age58.5This ZIP58.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$56,694This ZIP$56,694North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$109,200This ZIP$109,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$856This ZIP$856North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher5.0%This ZIP5.0%
Mean commute30.5 minThis ZIP30.5 min
Population density27.0 / sq miThis ZIP27.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees39This ZIP39
Annual payroll$1,390,000This ZIP$1,390,000
Tax returns filed510This ZIP510
Total adjusted gross income$22,069,000This ZIP$22,069,000

Land area

Land area44.18 sq miThis ZIP44.18 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 27897 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Northampton County 79.6%
Hertford County 20.4%

Other place names in 27897

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

ZIP codes near 27897

ZIPCityDistance
27867 Potecasi, NC 3.1 mi
27820 Conway, NC 6.9 mi
27869 Rich Square, NC 7.0 mi
27872 Roxobel, NC 8.8 mi
27855 Murfreesboro, NC 10.0 mi
27847 Kelford, NC 10.1 mi
27805 Aulander, NC 10.5 mi
27862 Pendleton, NC 11.5 mi
27910 Ahoskie, NC 12.4 mi
27845 Jackson, NC 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27897?

27897 is in Woodland, North Carolina, in Northampton County, part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3246, -77.2097.

What county is 27897 in?

27897 spans 2 counties: Northampton County and Hertford County. Most of it falls in Northampton 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 27897?

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

What time zone is 27897 in?

27897 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27897?

About 1,194 people live in ZIP code 27897, in 570 households, at 27.0 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 27897?

$56,694 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27897?

The closest are 27867 (3.1 mi), 27820 (6.9 mi), 27869 (7 mi), 27872 (8.8 mi) and 27855 (10 mi).

Is 27897 a PO Box ZIP code?

27897 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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