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27966

ZIP 27966 is Powells Point, North Carolina, in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck
Population
1,540
Coordinates
36.1256, -75.8482
☼ Live from 27966 — Powells Point, NC

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Where 27966 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27966
  • 🔢 Type 27966 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ggGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,966 = 2 × 3 × 59 × 79. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110100111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27965 (Poplar Branch, NC, 12 mi away) and 27967 (Powellsville, NC, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27966 becomes 66972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26679, 29667, 29676, 62769, 62796, 62967, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96267 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,165 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,261 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27966 and you would come out at 36.13°S, 104.15°E — 729 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 10.7 square miles of land, 27966 is bigger than 28% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,540This ZIP1,540
Households569This ZIP569
Housing units646This ZIP646
Median age38.4This ZIP38.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$78,507This ZIP$78,507North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$347,600This ZIP$347,600North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,417This ZIP$1,417North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.5%This ZIP32.5%
Mean commute35.7 minThis ZIP35.7 min
Population density144.0 / sq miThis ZIP144.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments70This ZIP70
Employees454This ZIP454
Annual payroll$24,654,000This ZIP$24,654,000
Tax returns filed650This ZIP650
Total adjusted gross income$46,492,000This ZIP$46,492,000

Land area

Land area10.69 sq miThis ZIP10.69 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

ZIP codes near 27966

ZIPCityDistance
27964 Point Harbor, NC 2.5 mi
27941 Harbinger, NC 2.7 mi
27947 Jarvisburg, NC 2.9 mi
27949 Kitty Hawk, NC 5.8 mi
27939 Grandy, NC 7.8 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 11.3 mi
27948 Kill Devil Hills, NC 11.4 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 12.5 mi
27927 Corolla, NC 14.2 mi
27916 Aydlett, NC 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27966?

27966 is in Powells Point, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1256, -75.8482.

What county is 27966 in?

27966 lies in Currituck County.

What area code is 27966?

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

What time zone is 27966 in?

27966 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27966?

About 1,540 people live in ZIP code 27966, in 569 households, at 144.0 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 27966?

$78,507 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27966?

The closest are 27964 (2.5 mi), 27941 (2.7 mi), 27947 (2.9 mi), 27949 (5.8 mi) and 27939 (7.8 mi).

Is 27966 a PO Box ZIP code?

27966 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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