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27965

ZIP 27965 is Poplar Branch, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
648
Coordinates
36.2924, -75.9329
☼ Live from 27965 — Poplar Branch, NC

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Where 27965 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27965
  • 🔢 Type 27965 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,965 = 5 × 7 × 17 × 47. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27964 (Point Harbor, NC, 13 mi away) and 27966 (Powells Point, NC, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27965 becomes 56972 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 190 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25976, 27569, 27596, 27695, 27956, 29567, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96257 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,114 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,252 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27965 and you would come out at 36.29°S, 104.07°E — 738 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 18.1 square miles of land, 27965 is bigger than 36% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population648This ZIP648
Households335This ZIP335
Housing units335This ZIP335
Median age52.8This ZIP52.8North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,542This ZIP$63,542North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$334,000This ZIP$334,000North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher6.4%This ZIP6.4%
Mean commute33.8 minThis ZIP33.8 min
Population density35.9 / sq miThis ZIP35.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees34This ZIP34
Annual payroll$1,915,000This ZIP$1,915,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$14,108,000This ZIP$14,108,000

Land area

Land area18.05 sq miThis ZIP18.05 sq mi
Water area10.56 sq miThis ZIP10.56 sq mi

Other place names in 27965

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ZIP codes near 27965

ZIPCityDistance
27916 Aydlett, NC 2.6 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 4.6 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 4.9 mi
27923 Coinjock, NC 5.2 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 5.3 mi
27917 Barco, NC 5.6 mi
27956 Maple, NC 8.3 mi
27973 Shawboro, NC 8.7 mi
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 9.7 mi
27929 Currituck, NC 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27965?

27965 is in Poplar Branch, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2924, -75.9329.

What county is 27965 in?

27965 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27965?

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

What time zone is 27965 in?

27965 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27965?

About 648 people live in ZIP code 27965, in 335 households, at 35.9 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 27965?

$63,542 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27965?

The closest are 27916 (2.6 mi), 27974 (4.6 mi), 27939 (4.9 mi), 27923 (5.2 mi) and 27927 (5.3 mi).

Is 27965 a PO Box ZIP code?

27965 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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