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27941

ZIP 27941 is Harbinger, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
641
Coordinates
36.0923, -75.8228
☼ Live from 27941 — Harbinger, NC

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Where 27941 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27941
  • 🔢 Type 27941 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27941 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27939 (Grandy, NC, 10 mi away) and 27942 (Harrellsville, NC, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27941 becomes 14972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12749, 12974, 14729, 17249, 19472, 21749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94127 in San Francisco, CA, 2,552 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,263 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27941 and you would come out at 36.09°S, 104.18°E — 727 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 2.5 square miles of land, 27941 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population641This ZIP641
Households356This ZIP356
Housing units451This ZIP451
Median age61.5This ZIP61.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$50,893This ZIP$50,893North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$381,500This ZIP$381,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher30.7%This ZIP30.7%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density252.2 / sq miThis ZIP252.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments38This ZIP38
Employees288This ZIP288
Annual payroll$12,400,000This ZIP$12,400,000
Tax returns filed330This ZIP330
Total adjusted gross income$25,472,000This ZIP$25,472,000

Land area

Land area2.54 sq miThis ZIP2.54 sq mi
Water area3.95 sq miThis ZIP3.95 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27941

ZIPCityDistance
27964 Point Harbor, NC 2.6 mi
27966 Powells Point, NC 2.7 mi
27949 Kitty Hawk, NC 4.5 mi
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 5.4 mi
27948 Kill Devil Hills, NC 8.9 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 10.4 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 14.0 mi
27954 Manteo, NC 14.6 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 15.1 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 16.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27941?

27941 is in Harbinger, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0923, -75.8228.

What county is 27941 in?

27941 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27941?

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

What time zone is 27941 in?

27941 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27941?

About 641 people live in ZIP code 27941, in 356 households, at 252.2 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 27941?

$50,893 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27941?

The closest are 27964 (2.6 mi), 27966 (2.7 mi), 27949 (4.5 mi), 27947 (5.4 mi) and 27948 (8.9 mi).

Is 27941 a PO Box ZIP code?

27941 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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