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
| Population | 0 |
|---|
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 establishments | 326 |
|---|---|
| People employed | 34,946 |
| 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 risk | Higher than 31.6% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| FEMA rating | Relatively Low |
| Expected annual loss | 29.6 out of 100 |
| Community resilience | 68.2 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.
| Hurricane | 85Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Hail | 77.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Earthquake | 71.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Drought | 69.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Tornado | 66.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Landslide | 65.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Ice storm | 59.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Wildfire | 49.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Winter weather | 44.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Strong wind | 35.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| River flooding | 33.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Lightning | 18.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Cold wave | 16.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Heat wave | 1.8Very 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 ZIP | North Carolina | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $69,904 | $78,538 |
| Income per person | — | $39,616 | $43,289 |
| Poverty rate | — | 13.2% | 12.4% |
| Median home value | — | $259,400 | $303,400 |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,162 | $1,348 |
| Homeownership | — | 66.4% | 65% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | — | 34.7% | 35% |
| Unemployment rate | — | 4.8% | 5.2% |
| Works from home | — | 14.5% | 13.5% |
| Born outside the US | — | 8.7% | 13.9% |
| Median age | — | 39.1 | 38.7 |
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 station | DURHAM, NC US9.5 km away |
|---|---|
| Rain in a year | 49 in |
Average high and low by month
| January | 48.9°F / 27.9°F3.98 in rain |
|---|---|
| February | 52.5°F / 30.3°F2.91 in rain |
| March | 60.7°F / 37.2°F4.51 in rain |
| April | 70.3°F / 46°F3.66 in rain |
| May | 76.6°F / 55.4°F3.8 in rain |
| June | 83.3°F / 64.2°F5.24 in rain |
| July | 87°F / 68.8°F4.2 in rain |
| August | 84.6°F / 67.2°F5.23 in rain |
| September | 79.3°F / 60.9°F4.7 in rain |
| October | 69.5°F / 48°F3.35 in rain |
| November | 60°F / 37.1°F3.65 in rain |
| December | 52.1°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 supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
| No vehicle and far from a supermarket | None 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 Schools | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
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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.
| Walkability | 11.8 out of 20Above average |
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Nearby ZIP codes
The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.
| 27702 Durham, NC | 0 km away |
|---|---|
| 27710 Durham, NC | 0 km away |
| 27711 Durham, NC | 0 km away |
| 27715 Durham, NC | 0 km away |
| 27717 Durham, NC | 0 km away |
| 27704 Durham, NC | 2.2 km away |
| 27708 Durham, NC | 6.5 km away |
| 27701 Durham, NC | 7 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 County | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard) |
| Daylight saving time | Observed |
| Land area | 5.73 sq mi |
| Water area | 0.01 sq mi |
| Latitude, longitude | 36.0512, -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.