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Durham, NC ZIP Codes

16 ZIP codes use the postal name Durham, North Carolina (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 9 residential and 7 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $69,668 in 27704 to $100,676 in 27713, 1.4 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Durham's most populous ZIP code is 27703, with 63,458 people (ACS 2020-2024); 51% of its land is in the city of Durham.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Durham's ZIP codes?

27701: $70k median household income27703: $89k median household income27704: $70k median household income27705: $73k median household income27707: $74k median household income27708: – median household income27709: – median household income27712: $91k median household income27713: $101k median household income277032771327705277042771227707277012770927701: $70k median household income27703: $89k median household income27704: $70k median household income27705: $73k median household income27707: $74k median household income27708: – median household income27709: – median household income27712: $91k median household income27713: $101k median household income277032771327705277042771227707277012770927701: $70k median household income27703: $89k median household income27704: $70k median household income27705: $73k median household income27707: $74k median household income27708: – median household income27709: – median household income27712: $91k median household income27713: $101k median household income27703277132770527704277122770727701
The 9 residential ZIP codes named Durham, 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 Durham's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 27713 ($100,676), the lowest in 27704 ($69,668). Home values run from $311,500 in 27704 to $508,900 in 27701.

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

All 9 residential ZIP codes of Durham

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Durham, NC, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
27703 Durham County 63,458 1,293 $89k $378k
27713 Durham County 59,197 1,674 $101k $418k
27707 Durham County 51,274 2,477 $74k $408k
27705 Durham County 49,923 1,187 $73k $455k
27704 Durham County 40,102 957 $70k $312k
27701 Durham County 24,793 4,723 $70k $509k
27712 Durham County 24,299 728 $91k $373k
27708 Durham County 3,253 7,461 – –
27709 Durham 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 Durham

7 ZIP codes named Durham have 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.

Durham, 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
27702Durham County
27706Durham County
27710Durham County
27711Durham County
27715Durham County
27717Durham County
27722Durham County

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

Which counties do Durham's ZIP codes reach?

Durham's residential ZIP codes lie in 3 counties: Durham County (9 ZIP codes mainly there), Orange County (part of a ZIP code), Chatham County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Durham's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Durham's residential ZIP codes cover Durham itself and 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Gorman census-designated 27704

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

Which first three digits do Durham'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 Durham starts with 277.

Three-digit prefixes of Durham'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 Durham's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
277 Raleigh, NC (SCF 275) 16 16

All 16 ZIP codes that start with 277 are Durham's: 9 residential codes and 7 PO Box or unique codes, sorted at Raleigh, NC (SCF 275).

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