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27937

ZIP 27937 is Gates, North Carolina, in Gates County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gates
Population
2,936
Coordinates
36.5123, -76.7739
☼ Live from 27937 — Gates, NC

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Where 27937 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27937
  • 🔢 Type 27937 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,937 = 7 × 13 × 307. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27936 (Frisco, NC, 109 mi away) and 27938 (Gatesville, NC, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27937 becomes 73972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27379, 27973, 29377, 32779, 37729, 37927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97327 in Brownsville, OR, 2,454 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,203 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27937 and you would come out at 36.51°S, 103.23°E — 787 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 80.9 square miles of land, 27937 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,936This ZIP2,936
Households1,269This ZIP1,269
Housing units1,354This ZIP1,354
Median age42.4This ZIP42.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$70,086This ZIP$70,086North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$160,000This ZIP$160,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,208This ZIP$1,208North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.2%This ZIP10.2%
Mean commute40.6 minThis ZIP40.6 min
Population density36.3 / sq miThis ZIP36.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees394This ZIP394
Annual payroll$21,738,000This ZIP$21,738,000
Tax returns filed1,580This ZIP1,580
Total adjusted gross income$91,611,000This ZIP$91,611,000

Land area

Land area80.91 sq miThis ZIP80.91 sq mi
Water area0.50 sq miThis ZIP0.50 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27937

ZIPCityDistance
27969 Roduco, NC 3.7 mi
23438 Suffolk, VA 6.4 mi
27935 Eure, NC 7.7 mi
23437 Suffolk, VA 8.1 mi
27926 Corapeake, NC 9.4 mi
27938 Gatesville, NC 9.4 mi
27986 Winton, NC 11.7 mi
27979 Sunbury, NC 12.9 mi
27818 Como, NC 13.6 mi
23851 Franklin, VA 14.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27937?

27937 is in Gates, North Carolina, in Gates County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5123, -76.7739.

What county is 27937 in?

27937 lies in Gates County.

What area code is 27937?

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

What time zone is 27937 in?

27937 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27937?

About 2,936 people live in ZIP code 27937, in 1,269 households, at 36.3 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 27937?

$70,086 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27937?

The closest are 27969 (3.7 mi), 23438 (6.4 mi), 27935 (7.7 mi), 23437 (8.1 mi) and 27926 (9.4 mi).

Is 27937 a PO Box ZIP code?

27937 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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