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Burlington, NC ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name Burlington, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $51,950 in 27217 to $68,825 in 27215, 1.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Burlington's most populous ZIP code is 27215, with 47,102 people (ACS 2020-2024); 33% of its land is in the city of Burlington.

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  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Burlington's ZIP codes?

27215: $69k median household income27217: $52k median household income272172721527215: $69k median household income27217: $52k median household income272172721527215: $69k median household income27217: $52k median household income2721727215
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Burlington, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Burlington's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 27215 ($68,825), the lowest in 27217 ($51,950). Home values run from $173,200 in 27217 to $259,900 in 27215.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Burlington

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Burlington, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
27215 Alamance County 47,102 747 $69k $260k
27217 Alamance County 41,406 336 $52k $173k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Burlington

1 ZIP code named Burlington has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Burlington, NC: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
27216Alamance County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Burlington's ZIP codes reach?

Burlington's residential ZIP codes lie in 3 counties: Alamance County (2 ZIP codes mainly there), Guilford County (part of a ZIP code), Caswell County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Burlington's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Burlington's residential ZIP codes cover Burlington itself and 3 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Burlington's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Burlington starts with 272.

Three-digit prefixes of Burlington's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Burlington's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
272 Greensboro, NC (SCF 270) 3 55

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.