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27599 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 27599 covers Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
21

Where 27599 is

Chapel Hill, North Carolina — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments21
People employed606
Annual payroll$25,918,000
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 26.9% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss17.8 out of 100
Community resilience90 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Lightning94.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather92.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave84.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind80.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado80.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane76.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm74.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail74.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide53.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave41.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire38.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake29.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding7.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with North Carolina and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPNorth CarolinaUnited States
Median household income$69,904$78,538
Income per person$39,616$43,289
Poverty rate13.2%12.4%
Median home value$259,400$303,400
Median gross rent$1,162$1,348
Homeownership66.4%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher34.7%35%
Unemployment rate4.8%5.2%
Works from home14.5%13.5%
Born outside the US8.7%13.9%
Median age39.138.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationDURHAM 11 W, NC US9.2 km away
Rain in a year47 in

Average high and low by month

January50.3°F / 30.1°F3.44 in rain
February54.1°F / 32.3°F3.27 in rain
March61.6°F / 38.7°F4.24 in rain
April70.9°F / 47.2°F3.95 in rain
May77.2°F / 55.5°F3.79 in rain
June84.3°F / 63.1°F4.22 in rain
July88°F / 67.4°F4.21 in rain
August86.2°F / 66.4°F3.79 in rain
September80.4°F / 60.3°F5.59 in rain
October71.3°F / 48.3°F3.34 in rain
November61.1°F / 38.4°F3.31 in rain
December52.9°F / 32.8°F3.55 in rain
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability52more vulnerable than 52% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status43more vulnerable than 43% of US census tracts
Household characteristics1more vulnerable than 1% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status57more vulnerable than 57% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport100more vulnerable than 100% of US census tracts
Walkability15.8 out of 20Most walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

27278 Hillsborough, NC3 km away
27243 Efland, NC8.4 km away
27705 Durham, NC14.8 km away
27516 Chapel Hill, NC15.2 km away
27302 Mebane, NC15.6 km away
27514 Chapel Hill, NC16 km away
27706 Durham, NC16.1 km away
27515 Chapel Hill, NC16.2 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Orange County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.1 sq mi
Latitude, longitude36.0525, -79.1077

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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