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27948

ZIP 27948 is Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, in Dare County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dare
Population
12,436
Coordinates
36.0192, -75.6922
☼ Live from 27948 — Kill Devil Hills, NC

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Where 27948 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27948
  • 🔢 Type 27948 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,948 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 17 × 137. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27947 (Jarvisburg, NC, 14 mi away) and 27949 (Kitty Hawk, NC, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27948 becomes 84972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24879, 27498, 27849, 27894, 28479, 28749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94278 in Sacramento, CA, 2,498 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,271 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27948 and you would come out at 36.02°S, 104.31°E — 718 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 9.3 square miles of land, 27948 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,436This ZIP12,436
Households5,586This ZIP5,586
Housing units10,173This ZIP10,173
Median age48.4This ZIP48.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$86,193This ZIP$86,193North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$437,500This ZIP$437,500North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,673This ZIP$1,673North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.5%This ZIP43.5%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density1,344.1 / sq miThis ZIP1,344.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments486This ZIP486
Employees4,041This ZIP4,041
Annual payroll$163,658,000This ZIP$163,658,000
Tax returns filed6,850This ZIP6,850
Total adjusted gross income$482,594,000This ZIP$482,594,000

Land area

Land area9.25 sq miThis ZIP9.25 sq mi
Water area6.14 sq miThis ZIP6.14 sq mi

Other place names in 27948

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ZIP codes near 27948

ZIPCityDistance
27949 Kitty Hawk, NC 6.9 mi
27954 Manteo, NC 7.4 mi
27941 Harbinger, NC 8.9 mi
27964 Point Harbor, NC 9.7 mi
27959 Nags Head, NC 10.1 mi
27966 Powells Point, NC 11.4 mi
27981 Wanchese, NC 11.9 mi
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 13.6 mi
27953 Manns Harbor, NC 18.1 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 18.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27948?

27948 is in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, in Dare County, part of the Kill Devil Hills, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0192, -75.6922.

What county is 27948 in?

27948 lies in Dare County.

What area code is 27948?

Kill Devil Hills uses area code 252, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27948 in?

27948 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27948?

About 12,436 people live in ZIP code 27948, in 5,586 households, at 1,344.1 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 27948?

$86,193 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27948?

The closest are 27949 (6.9 mi), 27954 (7.4 mi), 27941 (8.9 mi), 27964 (9.7 mi) and 27959 (10.1 mi).

Is 27948 a PO Box ZIP code?

27948 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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