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Chapel Hill, NC ZIP Codes

5 ZIP codes use the postal name Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $92,875 in 27514 to $128,683 in 27517, 1.4 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Chapel Hill's most populous ZIP code is 27516, with 47,358 people (ACS 2020-2024); 6% of its land is in the city of Chapel Hill.

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  • Census2020
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Where are Chapel Hill's ZIP codes?

27514: $93k median household income27516: $106k median household income27517: $129k median household income27599: – median household income27516275172751427514: $93k median household income27516: $106k median household income27517: $129k median household income27599: – median household income27516275172751427514: $93k median household income27516: $106k median household income27517: $129k median household income27599: – median household income275162751727514
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Chapel Hill, 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 Chapel Hill's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 27517 ($128,683), the lowest in 27514 ($92,875). Home values run from $567,200 in 27516 to $663,900 in 27514.

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

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Chapel Hill

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Chapel Hill, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
27516 Orange County 47,358 507 $106k $567k
27514 Orange County 32,951 1,680 $93k $664k
27517 Chatham County 29,564 643 $129k $608k
27599 Orange County no residents 0 – –

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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 Chapel Hill

1 ZIP code named Chapel Hill 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.

Chapel Hill, 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
27515Orange County

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

Which counties do Chapel Hill's ZIP codes reach?

Chapel Hill's residential ZIP codes lie in 3 counties: Orange County (3 ZIP codes mainly there), Chatham County (1 ZIP code mainly there), Durham County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Chapel Hill's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Chapel Hill's residential ZIP codes cover Chapel Hill itself and 6 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Briar Chapel census-designated 27516
  • Carolina Meadows census-designated 27517
  • Carrboro 27516
  • Durham 27517
  • Governors Club census-designated 27517
  • Governors Village census-designated 27517

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

Which first three digits do Chapel Hill'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 Chapel Hill starts with 275.

Three-digit prefixes of Chapel Hill'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 Chapel Hill's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
275 Raleigh, NC (SCF 275) 5 80

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