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27949

ZIP 27949 is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in Dare County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dare
Population
8,251
Coordinates
36.1099, -75.7454
☼ Live from 27949 — Kitty Hawk, NC

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Where 27949 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27949
  • 🔢 Type 27949 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,949 = 19 × 1471. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27948 (Kill Devil Hills, NC, 7 mi away) and 27950 (Knotts Island, NC, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27949 becomes 94972 — and that is a real ZIP code: Valley Ford, CA, 2,573 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27499, 29479, 47929, 47992, 49279, 49729, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99742 in Gambell, AK, 4,184 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,266 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27949 and you would come out at 36.11°S, 104.25°E — 723 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 15.2 square miles of land, 27949 is bigger than 33% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,251This ZIP8,251
Households3,589This ZIP3,589
Housing units8,994This ZIP8,994
Median age55.3This ZIP55.3North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$120,662This ZIP$120,662North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$677,600This ZIP$677,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,306This ZIP$1,306North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher55.0%This ZIP55.0%
Mean commute25.8 minThis ZIP25.8 min
Population density543.6 / sq miThis ZIP543.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments576This ZIP576
Employees4,717This ZIP4,717
Annual payroll$229,232,000This ZIP$229,232,000
Tax returns filed4,840This ZIP4,840
Total adjusted gross income$618,741,000This ZIP$618,741,000

Land area

Land area15.18 sq miThis ZIP15.18 sq mi
Water area22.48 sq miThis ZIP22.48 sq mi

Other place names in 27949

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

ZIP codes near 27949

ZIPCityDistance
27964 Point Harbor, NC 3.5 mi
27941 Harbinger, NC 4.5 mi
27966 Powells Point, NC 5.8 mi
27948 Kill Devil Hills, NC 6.9 mi
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 7.2 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 11.5 mi
27954 Manteo, NC 14.0 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 16.4 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 16.4 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 16.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27949?

27949 is in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in Dare County, part of the Kill Devil Hills, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1099, -75.7454.

What county is 27949 in?

27949 lies in Dare County.

What area code is 27949?

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

What time zone is 27949 in?

27949 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27949?

About 8,251 people live in ZIP code 27949, in 3,589 households, at 543.6 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 27949?

$120,662 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27949?

The closest are 27964 (3.5 mi), 27941 (4.5 mi), 27966 (5.8 mi), 27948 (6.9 mi) and 27947 (7.2 mi).

Is 27949 a PO Box ZIP code?

27949 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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