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27927

ZIP 27927 is Corolla, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
1,199
Coordinates
36.3312, -75.8512
☼ Live from 27927 — Corolla, NC

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Where 27927 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27927
  • 🔢 Type 27927 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,927 = 3 × 3 × 29 × 107. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27926 (Corapeake, NC, 44 mi away) and 27928 (Creswell, NC, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27927 becomes 72972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27972, 29727, 72729, 72927, 77229, 77292, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97227 in Portland, OR, 2,488 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,256 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27927 and you would come out at 36.33°S, 104.15°E — 734 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 26.6 square miles of land, 27927 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,199This ZIP1,199
Households623This ZIP623
Housing units4,873This ZIP4,873
Median age63.4This ZIP63.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$120,568This ZIP$120,568North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$714,700This ZIP$714,700North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher64.5%This ZIP64.5%
Mean commute22.5 minThis ZIP22.5 min
Population density45.1 / sq miThis ZIP45.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments176This ZIP176
Employees1,018This ZIP1,018
Annual payroll$55,912,000This ZIP$55,912,000
Tax returns filed840This ZIP840
Total adjusted gross income$101,926,000This ZIP$101,926,000

Land area

Land area26.59 sq miThis ZIP26.59 sq mi
Water area43.58 sq miThis ZIP43.58 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27927

ZIPCityDistance
27916 Aydlett, NC 3.8 mi
27923 Coinjock, NC 5.1 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 5.3 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 6.8 mi
27917 Barco, NC 8.3 mi
27956 Maple, NC 9.6 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 9.8 mi
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 11.3 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 11.7 mi
27929 Currituck, NC 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27927?

27927 is in Corolla, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3312, -75.8512.

What county is 27927 in?

27927 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27927?

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

What time zone is 27927 in?

27927 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27927?

About 1,199 people live in ZIP code 27927, in 623 households, at 45.1 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 27927?

$120,568 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27927?

The closest are 27916 (3.8 mi), 27923 (5.1 mi), 27965 (5.3 mi), 27939 (6.8 mi) and 27917 (8.3 mi).

Is 27927 a PO Box ZIP code?

27927 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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