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27938

ZIP 27938 is Gatesville, North Carolina, in Gates County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gates
Population
1,790
Coordinates
36.3843, -76.7160
☼ Live from 27938 — Gatesville, NC

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Where 27938 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27938
  • 🔢 Type 27938 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,938 = 2 × 61 × 229. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27937 (Gates, NC, 9 mi away) and 27939 (Grandy, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27938 becomes 83972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23879, 23897, 27839, 27893, 27983, 28379, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97238 in Portland, OR, 2,444 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,209 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27938 and you would come out at 36.38°S, 103.28°E — 781 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 51.1 square miles of land, 27938 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,790This ZIP1,790
Households722This ZIP722
Housing units868This ZIP868
Median age55.3This ZIP55.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,217This ZIP$65,217North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$151,200This ZIP$151,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$984This ZIP$984North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.4%This ZIP8.4%
Mean commute46.4 minThis ZIP46.4 min
Population density35.0 / sq miThis ZIP35.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments39This ZIP39
Employees505This ZIP505
Annual payroll$27,321,000This ZIP$27,321,000
Tax returns filed550This ZIP550
Total adjusted gross income$32,065,000This ZIP$32,065,000

Land area

Land area51.08 sq miThis ZIP51.08 sq mi
Water area2.68 sq miThis ZIP2.68 sq mi

Other place names in 27938

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

ZIP codes near 27938

ZIPCityDistance
27942 Harrellsville, NC 6.3 mi
27946 Hobbsville, NC 7.1 mi
27969 Roduco, NC 7.3 mi
27922 Cofield, NC 8.4 mi
27935 Eure, NC 9.1 mi
27979 Sunbury, NC 9.4 mi
27937 Gates, NC 9.4 mi
27926 Corapeake, NC 10.4 mi
27980 Tyner, NC 11.0 mi
27986 Winton, NC 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27938?

27938 is in Gatesville, North Carolina, in Gates County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3843, -76.7160.

What county is 27938 in?

27938 lies in Gates County.

What area code is 27938?

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

What time zone is 27938 in?

27938 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27938?

About 1,790 people live in ZIP code 27938, in 722 households, at 35.0 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 27938?

$65,217 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27938?

The closest are 27942 (6.3 mi), 27946 (7.1 mi), 27969 (7.3 mi), 27922 (8.4 mi) and 27935 (9.1 mi).

Is 27938 a PO Box ZIP code?

27938 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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