ZIP code · Sunbury · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 27979 — Sunbury
ZIP code 27979 serves Sunbury, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 27979Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Sunbury
- County
- Gates FIPS 37073
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 36.4316, -76.6096 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 1,060 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 15 / sq mi
- Land area
- 70.7 sq mi (183.2 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $54,293
- Per-capita income
- $27,759
- Median age
- 52.1
- Households
- 455
- Housing units
- 553
- Median home value
- $181,400
- Congressional district
- 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 27979
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 91°F), coldest Jan (avg low 24°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 53 | 56 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 75 | 65 | 57 |
| Avg low °F | 24 | 25 | 31 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 63 | 60 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: WALLACETON-LAKE DRUMMOND (14.7 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 27979
- 2 schools
- 1 restaurants & cafés
- 2 parks
- 1 playgrounds
- 1 gyms & sports centres
- 1 post offices
- 9 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 2 gas stations
- 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