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27956

ZIP 27956 is Maple, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
117
Coordinates
36.4000, -76.0011
☼ Live from 27956 — Maple, NC

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Where 27956 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27956
  • 🔢 Type 27956 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,956 = 2 × 2 × 29 × 241. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27954 (Manteo, NC, 38 mi away) and 27957 (Merry Hill, NC, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27956 becomes 65972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25976, 27569, 27596, 27695, 27965, 29567, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96257 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,106 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,247 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27956 and you would come out at 36.40°S, 104.00°E — 744 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 2.8 square miles of land, 27956 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population117This ZIP117
Households49This ZIP49
Housing units57This ZIP57
Median age38.6This ZIP38.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median home value$473,300This ZIP$473,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.3%This ZIP15.3%
Mean commute34.5 minThis ZIP34.5 min
Population density42.5 / sq miThis ZIP42.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees32This ZIP32
Annual payroll$1,062,000This ZIP$1,062,000
Tax returns filed150This ZIP150
Total adjusted gross income$11,796,000This ZIP$11,796,000

Land area

Land area2.75 sq miThis ZIP2.75 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27956

ZIPCityDistance
27929 Currituck, NC 2.8 mi
27917 Barco, NC 3.1 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 3.6 mi
27923 Coinjock, NC 4.5 mi
27916 Aydlett, NC 6.6 mi
27950 Knotts Island, NC 7.1 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 8.3 mi
27921 Camden, NC 9.5 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 9.6 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27956?

27956 is in Maple, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4000, -76.0011.

What county is 27956 in?

27956 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27956?

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

What time zone is 27956 in?

27956 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27956?

About 117 people live in ZIP code 27956, in 49 households, at 42.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 27956?

The closest are 27929 (2.8 mi), 27917 (3.1 mi), 27973 (3.6 mi), 27923 (4.5 mi) and 27916 (6.6 mi).

Is 27956 a PO Box ZIP code?

27956 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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