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27939

ZIP 27939 is Grandy, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
2,206
Coordinates
36.2352, -75.8798
☼ Live from 27939 — Grandy, NC

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Where 27939 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27939
  • 🔢 Type 27939 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GEGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,939 = 3 × 67 × 139. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27938 (Gatesville, NC, 48 mi away) and 27941 (Harbinger, NC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27939 becomes 93972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (29379, 32799, 37929, 79239, 79329, 79923, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99723 in Barrow, AK, 3,667 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% 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 27939 and you would come out at 36.24°S, 104.12°E — 733 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 7.6 square miles of land, 27939 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,206This ZIP2,206
Households1,082This ZIP1,082
Housing units1,217This ZIP1,217
Median age51.9This ZIP51.9North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$62,463This ZIP$62,463North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$306,100This ZIP$306,100North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,122This ZIP$1,122North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.9%This ZIP22.9%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density288.8 / sq miThis ZIP288.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments56This ZIP56
Employees481This ZIP481
Annual payroll$14,144,000This ZIP$14,144,000
Tax returns filed1,450This ZIP1,450
Total adjusted gross income$84,374,000This ZIP$84,374,000

Land area

Land area7.64 sq miThis ZIP7.64 sq mi
Water area1.13 sq miThis ZIP1.13 sq mi

Other place names in 27939

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

ZIP codes near 27939

ZIPCityDistance
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 4.9 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 4.9 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 6.1 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 6.8 mi
27916 Aydlett, NC 6.9 mi
27966 Powells Point, NC 7.8 mi
27964 Point Harbor, NC 8.6 mi
27923 Coinjock, NC 9.6 mi
27941 Harbinger, NC 10.4 mi
27917 Barco, NC 10.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27939?

27939 is in Grandy, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2352, -75.8798.

What county is 27939 in?

27939 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27939?

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

What time zone is 27939 in?

27939 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27939?

About 2,206 people live in ZIP code 27939, in 1,082 households, at 288.8 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 27939?

$62,463 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27939?

The closest are 27947 (4.9 mi), 27965 (4.9 mi), 27974 (6.1 mi), 27927 (6.8 mi) and 27916 (6.9 mi).

Is 27939 a PO Box ZIP code?

27939 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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