Postal Codes

27697 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 27697 covers Raleigh, North Carolina, with a population of about 0.

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

Where 27697 is

Raleigh, 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
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 16.8% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingVery Low
Expected annual loss7.1 out of 100
Community resilience80.1 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.

Hail78.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave64.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane62.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado52.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake52.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm49.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide43.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning41.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather39.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave35.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire32.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding29.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind16.9Very 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 stationRALEIGH STATE UNIV, NC US5.8 km away
Rain in a year49 in
Snow in a year4 in

Average high and low by month

January51.7°F / 31.6°F3.65 in rain, 2.5 in snow
February55.2°F / 33.2°F2.88 in rain, 0.8 in snow
March62.6°F / 40.1°F4.17 in rain, 0.1 in snow
April72.3°F / 48.8°F3.63 in rain
May80.2°F / 57.9°F3.99 in rain
June87.2°F / 66.1°F4.87 in rain
July90.6°F / 70.3°F4.65 in rain
August88.7°F / 68.8°F4.71 in rain
September82.4°F / 62.9°F5.72 in rain
October72.5°F / 50.9°F3.9 in rain
November62.1°F / 40.9°F3.51 in rain, 0.1 in snow
December54.7°F / 34.9°F3.68 in rain, 1 in snow
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%.

Wake County 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 vulnerability94more vulnerable than 94% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status95more vulnerable than 95% of US census tracts
Household characteristics81more vulnerable than 81% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status83more vulnerable than 83% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport83more vulnerable than 83% of US census tracts
Walkability14.7 out of 20Above average
Nearby ZIP codes

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

27601 Raleigh, NC0.6 km away
27605 Raleigh, NC2.5 km away
27611 Raleigh, NC3.1 km away
27620 Raleigh, NC3.1 km away
27621 Raleigh, NC3.1 km away
27622 Raleigh, NC3.1 km away
27623 Raleigh, NC3.1 km away
27624 Raleigh, NC3.1 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.

Wake County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.01 sq mi
Latitude, longitude35.7721, -78.6386

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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