Postal Codes

27709 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 27709 covers Durham, North Carolina, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
326

Where 27709 is

Durham, North Carolina — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical asking rent$1,652as of 2026-07
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments326
People employed34,946
Annual payroll$5,261,519,000
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 31.6% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss29.6 out of 100
Community resilience68.2 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.

Hurricane85Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail77.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake71.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought69.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado66.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide65.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm59.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire49.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather44.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind35.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding33.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning18.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave16.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave1.8Very 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, NC US9.5 km away
Rain in a year49 in

Average high and low by month

January48.9°F / 27.9°F3.98 in rain
February52.5°F / 30.3°F2.91 in rain
March60.7°F / 37.2°F4.51 in rain
April70.3°F / 46°F3.66 in rain
May76.6°F / 55.4°F3.8 in rain
June83.3°F / 64.2°F5.24 in rain
July87°F / 68.8°F4.2 in rain
August84.6°F / 67.2°F5.23 in rain
September79.3°F / 60.9°F4.7 in rain
October69.5°F / 48°F3.35 in rain
November60°F / 37.1°F3.65 in rain
December52.1°F / 32.2°F3.34 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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
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%.

Durham Public 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.

Walkability11.8 out of 20Above average
Nearby ZIP codes

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

27702 Durham, NC0 km away
27710 Durham, NC0 km away
27711 Durham, NC0 km away
27715 Durham, NC0 km away
27717 Durham, NC0 km away
27704 Durham, NC2.2 km away
27708 Durham, NC6.5 km away
27701 Durham, NC7 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.

Durham County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area5.73 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq mi
Latitude, longitude36.0512, -78.8577

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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