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27926

ZIP 27926 is Corapeake, North Carolina, in Gates County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gates
Population
1,983
Coordinates
36.5051, -76.6049
☼ Live from 27926 — Corapeake, NC

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Where 27926 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27926
  • 🔢 Type 27926 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,926 = 2 × 13963. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27925 (Columbia, NC, 52 mi away) and 27927 (Corolla, NC, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27926 becomes 62972 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ozark, IL, 677 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22967, 22976, 27629, 27962, 29627, 29672, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96272 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,140 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,212 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27926 and you would come out at 36.51°S, 103.40°E — 778 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 36.2 square miles of land, 27926 is bigger than 51% of ZIP codes — room for about 27 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,983This ZIP1,983
Households704This ZIP704
Housing units799This ZIP799
Median age37.7This ZIP37.7North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,333This ZIP$57,333North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$231,300This ZIP$231,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher9.5%This ZIP9.5%
Mean commute40.2 minThis ZIP40.2 min
Population density54.8 / sq miThis ZIP54.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees50This ZIP50
Annual payroll$1,380,000This ZIP$1,380,000
Tax returns filed700This ZIP700
Total adjusted gross income$42,200,000This ZIP$42,200,000

Land area

Land area36.19 sq miThis ZIP36.19 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27926

ZIPCityDistance
27979 Sunbury, NC 5.3 mi
23438 Suffolk, VA 7.3 mi
27937 Gates, NC 9.4 mi
27946 Hobbsville, NC 9.8 mi
27938 Gatesville, NC 10.4 mi
27969 Roduco, NC 11.4 mi
23434 Suffolk, VA 13.7 mi
23437 Suffolk, VA 13.9 mi
27919 Belvidere, NC 14.7 mi
27976 South Mills, NC 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27926?

27926 is in Corapeake, North Carolina, in Gates County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5051, -76.6049.

What county is 27926 in?

27926 lies in Gates County.

What area code is 27926?

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

What time zone is 27926 in?

27926 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27926?

About 1,983 people live in ZIP code 27926, in 704 households, at 54.8 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 27926?

$57,333 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27926?

The closest are 27979 (5.3 mi), 23438 (7.3 mi), 27937 (9.4 mi), 27946 (9.8 mi) and 27938 (10.4 mi).

Is 27926 a PO Box ZIP code?

27926 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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