| City: | Winston Salem, North Carolina |
| Names to Avoid: | Bowman Gray School Of Med, Nc Baptist Hospital |
| County: | Forsyth County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:50:49 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 336 / 743 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 36.0899, -80.2687 |
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Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a major academic medical center in the Ardmore neighborhood of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, operate under dedicated ZIP code 27157. The medical school was founded in 1902 as a two-year program at Wake Forest College and relocated to Winston-Salem in 1941 after the Bowman Gray Foundation offered funding to expand to a four-year curriculum. North Carolina Baptist Hospital, which opened in 1923 as an 88-bed facility, became the teaching hospital partner.
The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, named for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company executive whose family funded its expansion, officially opened to students on September 10, 1941. The school was renamed Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1997, and the institution became Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in 2011. In 2020, Wake Forest Baptist Health combined with Atrium Health, and in 2022 became part of Advocate Health, one of the largest health systems in the country.
Twenty-one ZIP+4 delivery codes route mail to nine distinct facilities including the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, WFU School of Medicine, and the WFU Medical Center on Medical Center Boulevard and Hawthorne Road within this 0.06-square-mile postal boundary. Census Business Patterns data indicates 16 establishments employing 13,185 workers, making Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist the largest employer in Forsyth County. Winston Salem is the valid mailing city.
| Establishments: | 16 |
| Employment: | 13,185 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 27157 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 18 business establishments, employing about 14,507 people with an annual payroll of $969,850,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 18Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $219,714,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $969,850,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 14,507Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27157 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 27157. 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 27157 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.