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27954

ZIP 27954 is Manteo, North Carolina, in Dare County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dare
Population
7,237
Coordinates
35.9127, -75.6853
☼ Live from 27954 — Manteo, NC

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Where 27954 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27954
  • 🔢 Type 27954 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hSGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,954 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 1553. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27953 (Manns Harbor, NC, 13 mi away) and 27956 (Maple, NC, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27954 becomes 45972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24579, 24597, 24957, 27495, 27549, 27594, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95427 in Comptche, CA, 2,602 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,274 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27954 and you would come out at 35.91°S, 104.31°E — 716 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
  • 📏 At 8.9 square miles of land, 27954 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,237This ZIP7,237
Households2,983This ZIP2,983
Housing units3,680This ZIP3,680
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$80,587This ZIP$80,587North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$418,400This ZIP$418,400North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,243This ZIP$1,243North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.0%This ZIP38.0%
Mean commute20.2 minThis ZIP20.2 min
Population density817.5 / sq miThis ZIP817.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments244This ZIP244
Employees1,512This ZIP1,512
Annual payroll$65,046,000This ZIP$65,046,000
Tax returns filed3,540This ZIP3,540
Total adjusted gross income$292,113,000This ZIP$292,113,000

Land area

Land area8.85 sq miThis ZIP8.85 sq mi
Water area4.79 sq miThis ZIP4.79 sq mi

Other place names in 27954

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ZIP codes near 27954

ZIPCityDistance
27959 Nags Head, NC 4.8 mi
27981 Wanchese, NC 4.9 mi
27948 Kill Devil Hills, NC 7.4 mi
27953 Manns Harbor, NC 13.0 mi
27949 Kitty Hawk, NC 14.0 mi
27941 Harbinger, NC 14.6 mi
27964 Point Harbor, NC 16.2 mi
27966 Powells Point, NC 17.3 mi
27978 Stumpy Point, NC 17.3 mi
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 19.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27954?

27954 is in Manteo, North Carolina, in Dare County, part of the Kill Devil Hills, NC micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9127, -75.6853.

What county is 27954 in?

27954 lies in Dare County.

What area code is 27954?

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

What time zone is 27954 in?

27954 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27954?

About 7,237 people live in ZIP code 27954, in 2,983 households, at 817.5 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 27954?

$80,587 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27954?

The closest are 27959 (4.8 mi), 27981 (4.9 mi), 27948 (7.4 mi), 27953 (13 mi) and 27949 (14 mi).

Is 27954 a PO Box ZIP code?

27954 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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