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27923

ZIP 27923 is Coinjock, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
745
Coordinates
36.3682, -75.9308
☼ Live from 27923 — Coinjock, NC

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Where 27923 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27923
  • 🔢 Type 27923 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,923 = 7 × 3989. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27922 (Cofield, NC, 51 mi away) and 27924 (Colerain, NC, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27923 becomes 32972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22739, 22937, 22973, 23279, 23297, 23927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97322 in Albany, OR, 2,503 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,251 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27923 and you would come out at 36.37°S, 104.07°E — 739 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 5.2 square miles of land, 27923 is bigger than 19% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population745This ZIP745
Households301This ZIP301
Housing units326This ZIP326
Median age43.8This ZIP43.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$69,289This ZIP$69,289North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$291,400This ZIP$291,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,600This ZIP$1,600North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.8%This ZIP41.8%
Mean commute45.1 minThis ZIP45.1 min
Population density144.1 / sq miThis ZIP144.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees152This ZIP152
Annual payroll$3,643,000This ZIP$3,643,000
Tax returns filed320This ZIP320
Total adjusted gross income$20,212,000This ZIP$20,212,000

Land area

Land area5.17 sq miThis ZIP5.17 sq mi
Water area28.15 sq miThis ZIP28.15 sq mi

Other place names in 27923

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ZIP codes near 27923

ZIPCityDistance
27916 Aydlett, NC 2.8 mi
27917 Barco, NC 3.8 mi
27956 Maple, NC 4.5 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 5.1 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 5.2 mi
27929 Currituck, NC 6.8 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 6.9 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 9.2 mi
27950 Knotts Island, NC 9.4 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27923?

27923 is in Coinjock, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3682, -75.9308.

What county is 27923 in?

27923 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27923?

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

What time zone is 27923 in?

27923 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27923?

About 745 people live in ZIP code 27923, in 301 households, at 144.1 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 27923?

$69,289 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27923?

The closest are 27916 (2.8 mi), 27917 (3.8 mi), 27956 (4.5 mi), 27927 (5.1 mi) and 27965 (5.2 mi).

Is 27923 a PO Box ZIP code?

27923 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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