ZIP code · Ocracoke · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 27960 — Ocracoke
ZIP code 27960 serves Ocracoke, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 27960Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Ocracoke
- County
- Hyde FIPS 37095
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.1397, -75.8931 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 709 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 81 / sq mi
- Land area
- 8.7 sq mi (22.5 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Per-capita income
- $26,649
- Median age
- 46.8
- Households
- 390
- Housing units
- 720
- Median home value
- $472,200
- Median gross rent
- $1,412 / month
- Congressional district
- NC-3 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 9a (20 to 25 °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 27960
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 85°F), coldest Jan (avg low 40°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 52 | 54 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 56 |
| Avg low °F | 40 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: OCRACOKE (5.8 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 27960
- 2 schools
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 17 restaurants & cafés
- 3 bars & pubs
- 1 parks
- 1 gyms & sports centres
- 2 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 2 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 1 gas stations
- 2 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