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27921

ZIP 27921 is Camden, North Carolina, in Camden County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Camden
Population
5,063
Coordinates
36.3298, -76.1478
☼ Live from 27921 — Camden, NC

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Where 27921 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27921
  • 🔢 Type 27921 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,921 = 3 × 41 × 227. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27920 (Buxton, NC, 82 mi away) and 27922 (Cofield, NC, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27921 becomes 12972 — and that is a real ZIP code: Peru, NY, 585 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12729, 12792, 12927, 12972, 17229, 17922, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97122 in Hebo, OR, 2,531 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,240 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27921 and you would come out at 36.33°S, 103.85°E — 750 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 63.8 square miles of land, 27921 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 48 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,063This ZIP5,063
Households2,011This ZIP2,011
Housing units2,248This ZIP2,248
Median age40.6This ZIP40.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$94,473This ZIP$94,473North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$341,000This ZIP$341,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,241This ZIP$1,241North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.9%This ZIP30.9%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density79.3 / sq miThis ZIP79.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments76This ZIP76
Employees370This ZIP370
Annual payroll$12,921,000This ZIP$12,921,000
Tax returns filed2,410This ZIP2,410
Total adjusted gross income$184,939,000This ZIP$184,939,000

Land area

Land area63.84 sq miThis ZIP63.84 sq mi
Water area10.40 sq miThis ZIP10.40 sq mi

Other place names in 27921

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

ZIP codes near 27921

ZIPCityDistance
27906 Elizabeth City, NC 4.8 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 5.9 mi
27907 Elizabeth City, NC 6.7 mi
27909 Elizabeth City, NC 7.3 mi
27917 Barco, NC 8.5 mi
27956 Maple, NC 9.5 mi
27929 Currituck, NC 10.5 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 10.7 mi
27958 Moyock, NC 11.9 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27921?

27921 is in Camden, North Carolina, in Camden County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3298, -76.1478.

What county is 27921 in?

27921 lies in Camden County.

What area code is 27921?

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

What time zone is 27921 in?

27921 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27921?

About 5,063 people live in ZIP code 27921, in 2,011 households, at 79.3 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 27921?

$94,473 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27921?

The closest are 27906 (4.8 mi), 27973 (5.9 mi), 27907 (6.7 mi), 27909 (7.3 mi) and 27917 (8.5 mi).

Is 27921 a PO Box ZIP code?

27921 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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