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27979

ZIP 27979 is Sunbury, North Carolina, in Gates County; area code 252; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gates
Population
1,161
Coordinates
36.4368, -76.5607
☼ Live from 27979 — Sunbury, NC

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Where 27979 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27979
  • 🔢 Type 27979 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLGLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,979 = 7 × 7 × 571. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110110101001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27978 (Stumpy Point, NC, 69 mi away) and 27980 (Tyner, NC, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27979 becomes 97972, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (77299, 79927, 99727, 99772). The farthest-flung twin is 99772 in Shishmaref, AK, 3,933 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,216 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27979 and you would come out at 36.44°S, 103.44°E — 774 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 70.7 square miles of land, 27979 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 54 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,161This ZIP1,161
Households459This ZIP459
Housing units567This ZIP567
Median age54.6This ZIP54.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,170This ZIP$63,170North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$192,300This ZIP$192,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher13.9%This ZIP13.9%
Mean commute54.4 minThis ZIP54.4 min
Population density16.4 / sq miThis ZIP16.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees149This ZIP149
Annual payroll$7,612,000This ZIP$7,612,000
Tax returns filed650This ZIP650
Total adjusted gross income$39,008,000This ZIP$39,008,000

Land area

Land area70.72 sq miThis ZIP70.72 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 27979

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ZIP codes near 27979

ZIPCityDistance
27946 Hobbsville, NC 5.3 mi
27926 Corapeake, NC 5.3 mi
27938 Gatesville, NC 9.4 mi
27919 Belvidere, NC 9.4 mi
23438 Suffolk, VA 12.5 mi
27976 South Mills, NC 12.8 mi
27937 Gates, NC 12.9 mi
27969 Roduco, NC 13.6 mi
27980 Tyner, NC 13.6 mi
27942 Harrellsville, NC 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27979?

27979 is in Sunbury, North Carolina, in Gates County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.4368, -76.5607.

What county is 27979 in?

27979 lies in Gates County.

What area code is 27979?

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

What time zone is 27979 in?

27979 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27979?

About 1,161 people live in ZIP code 27979, in 459 households, at 16.4 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 27979?

$63,170 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27979?

The closest are 27946 (5.3 mi), 27926 (5.3 mi), 27938 (9.4 mi), 27919 (9.4 mi) and 23438 (12.5 mi).

Is 27979 a PO Box ZIP code?

27979 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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