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27928

ZIP 27928 is Creswell, North Carolina, mostly in Washington County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Washington +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
1,834
Coordinates
35.8088, -76.4377
☼ Live from 27928 — Creswell, NC

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Where 27928 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27928
  • 🔢 Type 27928 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,928 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3491. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27927 (Corolla, NC, 49 mi away) and 27929 (Currituck, NC, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27928 becomes 82972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22987, 27289, 27298, 27829, 27892, 27982, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97228 in Portland, OR, 2,478 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,237 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27928 and you would come out at 35.81°S, 103.56°E — 753 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 150.3 square miles of land, 27928 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 114 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,834This ZIP1,834
Households645This ZIP645
Housing units728This ZIP728
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,625This ZIP$65,625North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$143,500This ZIP$143,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$941This ZIP$941North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.2%This ZIP12.2%
Mean commute45.4 minThis ZIP45.4 min
Population density12.2 / sq miThis ZIP12.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees158This ZIP158
Annual payroll$5,778,000This ZIP$5,778,000
Tax returns filed790This ZIP790
Total adjusted gross income$38,182,000This ZIP$38,182,000

Land area

Land area150.35 sq miThis ZIP150.35 sq mi
Water area25.08 sq miThis ZIP25.08 sq mi

Counties 27928 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Washington County 68.7%
Tyrrell County 31.3%

Other place names in 27928

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

ZIP codes near 27928

ZIPCityDistance
27970 Roper, NC 12.3 mi
27860 Pantego, NC 14.9 mi
27925 Columbia, NC 15.0 mi
27826 Fairfield, NC 18.3 mi
27810 Belhaven, NC 18.4 mi
27962 Plymouth, NC 19.3 mi
27932 Edenton, NC 21.4 mi
27875 Scranton, NC 24.7 mi
27957 Merry Hill, NC 25.3 mi
27944 Hertford, NC 25.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27928?

27928 is in Creswell, North Carolina, in Washington County. Its published point location is 35.8088, -76.4377.

What county is 27928 in?

27928 spans 2 counties: Washington County and Tyrrell County. Most of it falls in Washington County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 27928?

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

What time zone is 27928 in?

27928 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27928?

About 1,834 people live in ZIP code 27928, in 645 households, at 12.2 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 27928?

$65,625 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27928?

The closest are 27970 (12.3 mi), 27860 (14.9 mi), 27925 (15 mi), 27826 (18.3 mi) and 27810 (18.4 mi).

Is 27928 a PO Box ZIP code?

27928 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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