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27946

ZIP 27946 is Hobbsville, North Carolina, mostly in Gates County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gates +2 more
Population
1,008
Coordinates
36.3642, -76.5902
☼ Live from 27946 — Hobbsville, NC

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Where 27946 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27946
  • 🔢 Type 27946 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,946 = 2 × 89 × 157. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27944 (Hertford, NC, 16 mi away) and 27947 (Jarvisburg, NC, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27946 becomes 64972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24976, 27964, 29476, 29647, 46792, 47629, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96742 in Kalaupapa, HI, 4,846 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,216 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27946 and you would come out at 36.36°S, 103.41°E — 774 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 43.8 square miles of land, 27946 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,008This ZIP1,008
Households503This ZIP503
Housing units634This ZIP634
Median age58.5This ZIP58.5North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$74,421This ZIP$74,421North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$204,400This ZIP$204,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,537This ZIP$1,537North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.9%This ZIP16.9%
Mean commute39.7 minThis ZIP39.7 min
Population density23.0 / sq miThis ZIP23.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees89This ZIP89
Annual payroll$4,512,000This ZIP$4,512,000
Tax returns filed500This ZIP500
Total adjusted gross income$33,977,000This ZIP$33,977,000

Land area

Land area43.75 sq miThis ZIP43.75 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 27946 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Gates County 87.1%
Chowan County 12.8%
Perquimans County 0.1%

ZIP codes near 27946

ZIPCityDistance
27979 Sunbury, NC 5.3 mi
27919 Belvidere, NC 6.2 mi
27938 Gatesville, NC 7.1 mi
27980 Tyner, NC 8.4 mi
27926 Corapeake, NC 9.8 mi
27942 Harrellsville, NC 10.1 mi
27985 Winfall, NC 12.0 mi
27969 Roduco, NC 13.6 mi
27930 Hertford, NC 13.9 mi
27922 Cofield, NC 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27946?

27946 is in Hobbsville, North Carolina, in Gates County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3642, -76.5902.

What county is 27946 in?

27946 spans 3 counties: Gates County, Chowan County and Perquimans County. Most of it falls in Gates County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 27946?

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

What time zone is 27946 in?

27946 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27946?

About 1,008 people live in ZIP code 27946, in 503 households, at 23.0 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 27946?

$74,421 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27946?

The closest are 27979 (5.3 mi), 27919 (6.2 mi), 27938 (7.1 mi), 27980 (8.4 mi) and 27926 (9.8 mi).

Is 27946 a PO Box ZIP code?

27946 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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