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27917

ZIP 27917 is Barco, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
725
Coordinates
36.3551, -75.9975
☼ Live from 27917 — Barco, NC

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Where 27917 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27917
  • 🔢 Type 27917 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27917 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27916 (Aydlett, NC, 5 mi away) and 27919 (Belvidere, NC, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27917 becomes 71972 — and that is a real ZIP code: Vandervoort, AR, 1,035 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12779, 12977, 17729, 17972, 21779, 21797, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97127 in Lafayette, OR, 2,502 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,248 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27917 and you would come out at 36.36°S, 104.00°E — 742 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 19.7 square miles of land, 27917 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population725This ZIP725
Households278This ZIP278
Housing units318This ZIP318
Median age25.8This ZIP25.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median gross rent$665This ZIP$665North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.4%This ZIP21.4%
Mean commute34.7 minThis ZIP34.7 min
Population density36.7 / sq miThis ZIP36.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees290This ZIP290
Annual payroll$12,341,000This ZIP$12,341,000
Tax returns filed320This ZIP320
Total adjusted gross income$14,059,000This ZIP$14,059,000

Land area

Land area19.74 sq miThis ZIP19.74 sq mi
Water area4.17 sq miThis ZIP4.17 sq mi

Other place names in 27917

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

ZIP codes near 27917

ZIPCityDistance
27956 Maple, NC 3.1 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 3.4 mi
27923 Coinjock, NC 3.8 mi
27916 Aydlett, NC 4.7 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 5.6 mi
27929 Currituck, NC 5.9 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 7.8 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 8.3 mi
27921 Camden, NC 8.5 mi
27950 Knotts Island, NC 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27917?

27917 is in Barco, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3551, -75.9975.

What county is 27917 in?

27917 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27917?

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

What time zone is 27917 in?

27917 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27917?

About 725 people live in ZIP code 27917, in 278 households, at 36.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 27917?

The closest are 27956 (3.1 mi), 27973 (3.4 mi), 27923 (3.8 mi), 27916 (4.7 mi) and 27965 (5.6 mi).

Is 27917 a PO Box ZIP code?

27917 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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