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27936

ZIP 27936 is Frisco, North Carolina, in Dare County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dare
Population
664
Coordinates
35.2479, -75.5987
☼ Live from 27936 — Frisco, NC

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Where 27936 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27936
  • 🔢 Type 27936 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,936 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 97. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27935 (Eure, NC, 108 mi away) and 27937 (Gates, NC, 109 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27936 becomes 63972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23967, 23976, 26739, 29376, 29673, 32697, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96372 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,919 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,294 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27936 and you would come out at 35.25°S, 104.40°E — 697 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 5.2 square miles of land, 27936 is bigger than 19% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population664This ZIP664
Households384This ZIP384
Housing units790This ZIP790
Median age51.4This ZIP51.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$43,846This ZIP$43,846North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$439,600This ZIP$439,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher41.7%This ZIP41.7%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density127.4 / sq miThis ZIP127.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments35This ZIP35
Employees146This ZIP146
Annual payroll$6,063,000This ZIP$6,063,000

Land area

Land area5.21 sq miThis ZIP5.21 sq mi
Water area1.81 sq miThis ZIP1.81 sq mi

Other place names in 27936

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

ZIP codes near 27936

ZIPCityDistance
27920 Buxton, NC 3.4 mi
27943 Hatteras, NC 7.2 mi
27915 Avon, NC 7.8 mi
27972 Salvo, NC 22.2 mi
27982 Waves, NC 23.2 mi
27960 Ocracoke, NC 25.6 mi
27968 Rodanthe, NC 29.0 mi
27978 Stumpy Point, NC 30.9 mi
27824 Engelhard, NC 31.1 mi
27885 Swanquarter, NC 38.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27936?

27936 is in Frisco, North Carolina, in Dare County, part of the Kill Devil Hills, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2479, -75.5987.

What county is 27936 in?

27936 lies in Dare County.

What area code is 27936?

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

What time zone is 27936 in?

27936 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27936?

About 664 people live in ZIP code 27936, in 384 households, at 127.4 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 27936?

$43,846 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27936?

The closest are 27920 (3.4 mi), 27943 (7.2 mi), 27915 (7.8 mi), 27972 (22.2 mi) and 27982 (23.2 mi).

Is 27936 a PO Box ZIP code?

27936 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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