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27976

ZIP 27976 is South Mills, North Carolina, in Camden County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Camden
Population
4,309
Coordinates
36.4786, -76.3363
☼ Live from 27976 — South Mills, NC

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Where 27976 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27976
  • 🔢 Type 27976 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,976 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 269. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110101001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27974 (Shiloh, NC, 25 mi away) and 27978 (Stumpy Point, NC, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27976 becomes 67972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27697, 27967, 29677, 62977, 72679, 72769, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96772 in Naalehu, HI, 4,867 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,227 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27976 and you would come out at 36.48°S, 103.66°E — 763 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 117.2 square miles of land, 27976 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 89 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,309This ZIP4,309
Households1,364This ZIP1,364
Housing units1,388This ZIP1,388
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$91,314This ZIP$91,314North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$349,800This ZIP$349,800North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher28.1%This ZIP28.1%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density36.8 / sq miThis ZIP36.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees119This ZIP119
Annual payroll$6,379,000This ZIP$6,379,000
Tax returns filed1,760This ZIP1,760
Total adjusted gross income$142,256,000This ZIP$142,256,000

Land area

Land area117.24 sq miThis ZIP117.24 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 27976

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ZIP codes near 27976

ZIPCityDistance
27958 Moyock, NC 9.2 mi
23322 Chesapeake, VA 10.9 mi
27979 Sunbury, NC 12.8 mi
27909 Elizabeth City, NC 13.7 mi
27907 Elizabeth City, NC 14.1 mi
27921 Camden, NC 14.7 mi
27906 Elizabeth City, NC 15.0 mi
27919 Belvidere, NC 15.0 mi
27926 Corapeake, NC 15.0 mi
23323 Chesapeake, VA 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27976?

27976 is in South Mills, North Carolina, in Camden County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4786, -76.3363.

What county is 27976 in?

27976 lies in Camden County.

What area code is 27976?

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

What time zone is 27976 in?

27976 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27976?

About 4,309 people live in ZIP code 27976, in 1,364 households, at 36.8 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 27976?

$91,314 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27976?

The closest are 27958 (9.2 mi), 23322 (10.9 mi), 27979 (12.8 mi), 27909 (13.7 mi) and 27907 (14.1 mi).

Is 27976 a PO Box ZIP code?

27976 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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