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27916

ZIP 27916 is Aydlett, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
1,258
Coordinates
36.3293, -75.9201
☼ Live from 27916 — Aydlett, NC

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Where 27916 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27916
  • 🔢 Type 27916 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,916 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 997. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27915 (Avon, NC, 72 mi away) and 27917 (Barco, NC, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27916 becomes 61972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12769, 12967, 12976, 16729, 16927, 19726, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96271 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,164 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,252 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27916 and you would come out at 36.33°S, 104.08°E — 738 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 8.5 square miles of land, 27916 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,258This ZIP1,258
Households548This ZIP548
Housing units611This ZIP611
Median age50.3This ZIP50.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$79,329This ZIP$79,329North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$453,200This ZIP$453,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher41.4%This ZIP41.4%
Mean commute38.4 minThis ZIP38.4 min
Population density148.0 / sq miThis ZIP148.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees5This ZIP5
Annual payroll$493,000This ZIP$493,000
Tax returns filed450This ZIP450
Total adjusted gross income$33,532,000This ZIP$33,532,000

Land area

Land area8.50 sq miThis ZIP8.50 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27916

ZIPCityDistance
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 2.6 mi
27923 Coinjock, NC 2.8 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 3.8 mi
27917 Barco, NC 4.7 mi
27956 Maple, NC 6.6 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 6.9 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 7.1 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 8.1 mi
27929 Currituck, NC 9.3 mi
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27916?

27916 is in Aydlett, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3293, -75.9201.

What county is 27916 in?

27916 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27916?

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

What time zone is 27916 in?

27916 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27916?

About 1,258 people live in ZIP code 27916, in 548 households, at 148.0 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 27916?

$79,329 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27916?

The closest are 27965 (2.6 mi), 27923 (2.8 mi), 27927 (3.8 mi), 27917 (4.7 mi) and 27956 (6.6 mi).

Is 27916 a PO Box ZIP code?

27916 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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