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27909

ZIP 27909 is in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, mostly in Pasquotank County; area code 252; Eastern time. Elizabeth City has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 27906 and 27907.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pasquotank +1 more
Metro area
Elizabeth City, NC
Population
40,869
Coordinates
36.2886, -76.2687
☼ Live from 27909 — Elizabeth City, NC

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Where 27909 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27909
  • 🔢 Type 27909 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,909 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 443. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27907 (Elizabeth City, NC, 1 mi away) and 27910 (Ahoskie, NC, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27909 becomes 90972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09279, 09729, 20799, 20997, 27099, 29079, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09279 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,201 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,235 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27909 and you would come out at 36.29°S, 103.73°E — 755 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 226.9 square miles of land, 27909 is bigger than 92% of ZIP codes — room for about 172 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,869This ZIP40,869
Households15,804This ZIP15,804
Housing units17,740This ZIP17,740
Median age39.7This ZIP39.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,732This ZIP$66,732North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$234,600This ZIP$234,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,170This ZIP$1,170North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.6%This ZIP27.6%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density180.1 / sq miThis ZIP180.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments910This ZIP910
Employees11,085This ZIP11,085
Annual payroll$493,727,000This ZIP$493,727,000
Tax returns filed17,960This ZIP17,960
Total adjusted gross income$1,060,004,000This ZIP$1,060,004,000

Land area

Land area226.89 sq miThis ZIP226.89 sq mi
Water area26.55 sq miThis ZIP26.55 sq mi

Counties 27909 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Pasquotank County 100.0%
Camden County 0.0%

Other place names in 27909

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

ZIP codes near 27909

ZIPCityDistance
27907 Elizabeth City, NC 0.8 mi
27906 Elizabeth City, NC 3.1 mi
27921 Camden, NC 7.3 mi
27944 Hertford, NC 10.6 mi
27985 Winfall, NC 12.4 mi
27930 Hertford, NC 12.9 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 13.2 mi
27919 Belvidere, NC 13.2 mi
27976 South Mills, NC 13.7 mi
27958 Moyock, NC 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27909?

27909 is in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in Pasquotank County, part of the Elizabeth City, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2886, -76.2687.

What county is 27909 in?

27909 spans 2 counties: Pasquotank County and Camden County. Most of it falls in Pasquotank 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 27909?

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

What time zone is 27909 in?

27909 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27909?

About 40,869 people live in ZIP code 27909, in 15,804 households, at 180.1 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 27909?

$66,732 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27909?

The closest are 27907 (0.8 mi), 27906 (3.1 mi), 27921 (7.3 mi), 27944 (10.6 mi) and 27985 (12.4 mi).

Is 27909 a PO Box ZIP code?

27909 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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