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27973

ZIP 27973 is Shawboro, North Carolina, mostly in Currituck County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Currituck +1 more
Population
1,117
Coordinates
36.3712, -76.0555
☼ Live from 27973 — Shawboro, NC

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Where 27973 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27973
  • 🔢 Type 27973 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,973 = 11 × 2543. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110101000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27972 (Salvo, NC, 65 mi away) and 27974 (Shiloh, NC, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27973 becomes 37972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27379, 27937, 29377, 32779, 37729, 37927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97327 in Brownsville, OR, 2,494 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,244 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27973 and you would come out at 36.37°S, 103.94°E — 746 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 37.1 square miles of land, 27973 is bigger than 51% of ZIP codes — room for about 28 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,117This ZIP1,117
Households393This ZIP393
Housing units464This ZIP464
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$86,375This ZIP$86,375North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$322,200This ZIP$322,200North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher22.8%This ZIP22.8%
Mean commute35.4 minThis ZIP35.4 min
Population density30.1 / sq miThis ZIP30.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees70This ZIP70
Annual payroll$3,135,000This ZIP$3,135,000
Tax returns filed860This ZIP860
Total adjusted gross income$64,162,000This ZIP$64,162,000

Land area

Land area37.12 sq miThis ZIP37.12 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Counties 27973 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Currituck County 62.6%
Camden County 37.4%

ZIP codes near 27973

ZIPCityDistance
27917 Barco, NC 3.4 mi
27956 Maple, NC 3.6 mi
27929 Currituck, NC 5.2 mi
27921 Camden, NC 5.9 mi
27923 Coinjock, NC 6.9 mi
27916 Aydlett, NC 8.1 mi
27965 Poplar Branch, NC 8.7 mi
27974 Shiloh, NC 9.6 mi
27950 Knotts Island, NC 10.0 mi
27906 Elizabeth City, NC 10.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27973?

27973 is in Shawboro, North Carolina, in Currituck County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.3712, -76.0555.

What county is 27973 in?

27973 spans 2 counties: Currituck County and Camden County. Most of it falls in Currituck County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 27973?

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

What time zone is 27973 in?

27973 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27973?

About 1,117 people live in ZIP code 27973, in 393 households, at 30.1 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 27973?

$86,375 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27973?

The closest are 27917 (3.4 mi), 27956 (3.6 mi), 27929 (5.2 mi), 27921 (5.9 mi) and 27923 (6.9 mi).

Is 27973 a PO Box ZIP code?

27973 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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