ZIP code · Stumpy Point · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 27978 — Stumpy Point
ZIP code 27978 serves Stumpy Point, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 27978Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Stumpy Point
- County
- Dare FIPS 37055
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.6985, -75.7728 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 221 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 8 / sq mi
- Land area
- 29.4 sq mi (76.1 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $49,625
- Per-capita income
- $23,535
- Median age
- 58.1
- Households
- 87
- Housing units
- 136
- Median home value
- $267,200
- Congressional district
- NC-3 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8b (15 to 20 °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
- 252 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone 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 27978
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 86°F), coldest Jan (avg low 36°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 51 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 84 | 79 | 71 | 61 | 55 |
| Avg low °F | 36 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: MANTEO AP (15.7 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 27978
- 2 playgrounds
- 4 places of worship
- 1 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