ZIP code · Fountain · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 27829 — Fountain
ZIP code 27829 serves Fountain, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 27829Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Fountain
- County
- Pitt FIPS 37147
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.6740, -77.6400 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 1,525 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 33 / sq mi
- Land area
- 46.2 sq mi (119.8 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $58,385
- Per-capita income
- $30,372
- Median age
- 58.6
- Households
- 834
- Housing units
- 979
- Median home value
- $87,400
- Median gross rent
- $703 / month
- Congressional districts
- NC-3 (also NC-1) (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8a (10 to 15 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
- Area code
- 252Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 27829
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 90°F), coldest Jan (avg low 33°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 53 | 57 | 64 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 83 | 74 | 64 | 56 |
| Avg low °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: GREENVILLE (13.8 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 27829
- 1 restaurants & cafés
- 3 post offices
- 9 places of worship
- 5 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page