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27950

ZIP 27950 is Knotts Island, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
1,796
Coordinates
36.5006, -75.9737
☼ Live from 27950 — Knotts Island, NC

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Where 27950 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27950
  • 🔢 Type 27950 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,950 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 13 × 43. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27949 (Kitty Hawk, NC, 30 mi away) and 27953 (Manns Harbor, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27950 becomes 05972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09725, 20579, 20597, 20759, 25079, 25709, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09725 in APO AE, a military post office, 2,893 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,246 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27950 and you would come out at 36.50°S, 104.03°E — 745 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 29.7 square miles of land, 27950 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,796This ZIP1,796
Households817This ZIP817
Housing units921This ZIP921
Median age39.2This ZIP39.2North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$88,250This ZIP$88,250North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$290,300This ZIP$290,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,200This ZIP$1,200North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.1%This ZIP22.1%
Mean commute44.6 minThis ZIP44.6 min
Population density60.4 / sq miThis ZIP60.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees60This ZIP60
Annual payroll$1,784,000This ZIP$1,784,000
Tax returns filed930This ZIP930
Total adjusted gross income$65,489,000This ZIP$65,489,000

Land area

Land area29.72 sq miThis ZIP29.72 sq mi
Water area22.14 sq miThis ZIP22.14 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27950

ZIPCityDistance
27929 Currituck, NC 4.9 mi
27956 Maple, NC 7.1 mi
23457 Virginia Beach, VA 8.4 mi
27923 Coinjock, NC 9.4 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 10.0 mi
27917 Barco, NC 10.1 mi
27958 Moyock, NC 11.1 mi
27916 Aydlett, NC 12.2 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 13.5 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27950?

27950 is in Knotts Island, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5006, -75.9737.

What county is 27950 in?

27950 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27950?

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

What time zone is 27950 in?

27950 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27950?

About 1,796 people live in ZIP code 27950, in 817 households, at 60.4 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 27950?

$88,250 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27950?

The closest are 27929 (4.9 mi), 27956 (7.1 mi), 23457 (8.4 mi), 27923 (9.4 mi) and 27973 (10 mi).

Is 27950 a PO Box ZIP code?

27950 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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