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27920

ZIP 27920 is Buxton, North Carolina, in Dare County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dare
Population
1,267
Coordinates
35.2533, -75.5383
☼ Live from 27920 — Buxton, NC

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Where 27920 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27920
  • 🔢 Type 27920 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,920 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 349. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27919 (Belvidere, NC, 91 mi away) and 27921 (Camden, NC, 82 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27920 becomes 02972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02297, 07922, 09227, 09722, 20792, 22079, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09227 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,144 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,297 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27920 and you would come out at 35.25°S, 104.46°E — 694 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 7.8 square miles of land, 27920 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,267This ZIP1,267
Households560This ZIP560
Housing units972This ZIP972
Median age46.2This ZIP46.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median home value$409,900This ZIP$409,900North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$909This ZIP$909North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.5%This ZIP25.5%
Mean commute15.8 minThis ZIP15.8 min
Population density161.5 / sq miThis ZIP161.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments89This ZIP89
Employees414This ZIP414
Annual payroll$18,801,000This ZIP$18,801,000

Land area

Land area7.84 sq miThis ZIP7.84 sq mi
Water area0.95 sq miThis ZIP0.95 sq mi

Other place names in 27920

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

ZIP codes near 27920

ZIPCityDistance
27936 Frisco, NC 3.4 mi
27915 Avon, NC 5.9 mi
27943 Hatteras, NC 10.6 mi
27972 Salvo, NC 21.0 mi
27982 Waves, NC 22.0 mi
27968 Rodanthe, NC 28.1 mi
27960 Ocracoke, NC 28.8 mi
27978 Stumpy Point, NC 31.8 mi
27824 Engelhard, NC 33.4 mi
27885 Swanquarter, NC 41.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27920?

27920 is in Buxton, North Carolina, in Dare County, part of the Kill Devil Hills, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2533, -75.5383.

What county is 27920 in?

27920 lies in Dare County.

What area code is 27920?

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

What time zone is 27920 in?

27920 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27920?

About 1,267 people live in ZIP code 27920, in 560 households, at 161.5 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 27920?

The closest are 27936 (3.4 mi), 27915 (5.9 mi), 27943 (10.6 mi), 27972 (21 mi) and 27982 (22 mi).

Is 27920 a PO Box ZIP code?

27920 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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