| City: | Winston Salem, North Carolina |
| County: | Forsyth County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:50:44 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 336 / 743 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 36.0999, -80.2467 |
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ZIP code 27117 serves as a specialized postal facility within Winston-Salem's Forest Park neighborhood. Despite carrying the Winston-Salem name, this designation functions primarily as a PO Box hub rather than a residential delivery zone. The facility maintains 143 PO Boxes serving 91 businesses, with just a single street route covering Pleasant Street.
The post office's presence reflects Winston-Salem's urban infrastructure, where different ZIP codes handle specific postal functions. This particular code doesn't serve traditional residential neighborhoods, which instead receive mail through neighboring ZIPs like 27107. The Pleasant Street address encompasses 52 delivery records with unit designations, suggesting the location houses a multi-unit structure or business complex that anchors the limited street delivery for this code.
With only Pleasant Street in the delivery system, this ZIP represents a focused postal service point rather than a geographic neighborhood. The single-street structure is typical of PO Box facilities that maintain minimal street delivery capacity.
ZIP Code 27117 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 4 business establishments, employing about 71 people with an annual payroll of $4,503,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 214Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 4Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,123,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $4,503,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 71Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27117 is located in Forsyth County, North Carolina, within the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 49180) and North Carolina's 5th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 477,717 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 27117. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Winston-Salem, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 49180Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 477,717Source: Census |
| MSA: | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3571.86 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 27117 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.