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27947

ZIP 27947 is Jarvisburg, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
1,028
Coordinates
36.1671, -75.8535
☼ Live from 27947 — Jarvisburg, NC

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Where 27947 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27947
  • 🔢 Type 27947 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 27947 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27946 (Hobbsville, NC, 43 mi away) and 27948 (Kill Devil Hills, NC, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27947 becomes 74972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24977, 27497, 27974, 29477, 49277, 49727, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94277 in Sacramento, CA, 2,486 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,259 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27947 and you would come out at 36.17°S, 104.15°E — 730 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 10.3 square miles of land, 27947 is bigger than 28% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,028This ZIP1,028
Households383This ZIP383
Housing units407This ZIP407
Median age46.3This ZIP46.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$78,125This ZIP$78,125North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$312,000This ZIP$312,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher24.5%This ZIP24.5%
Mean commute28.6 minThis ZIP28.6 min
Population density99.5 / sq miThis ZIP99.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees196This ZIP196
Annual payroll$8,812,000This ZIP$8,812,000
Tax returns filed510This ZIP510
Total adjusted gross income$29,087,000This ZIP$29,087,000

Land area

Land area10.33 sq miThis ZIP10.33 sq mi
Water area9.27 sq miThis ZIP9.27 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27947

ZIPCityDistance
27966 Powells Point, NC 2.9 mi
27964 Point Harbor, NC 3.9 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 4.9 mi
27941 Harbinger, NC 5.4 mi
27949 Kitty Hawk, NC 7.2 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 9.2 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 9.7 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 11.3 mi
27916 Aydlett, NC 11.8 mi
27948 Kill Devil Hills, NC 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27947?

27947 is in Jarvisburg, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1671, -75.8535.

What county is 27947 in?

27947 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27947?

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

What time zone is 27947 in?

27947 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27947?

About 1,028 people live in ZIP code 27947, in 383 households, at 99.5 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 27947?

$78,125 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27947?

The closest are 27966 (2.9 mi), 27964 (3.9 mi), 27939 (4.9 mi), 27941 (5.4 mi) and 27949 (7.2 mi).

Is 27947 a PO Box ZIP code?

27947 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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