| City: | Burlington, North Carolina |
| County: | Alamance County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:51:02 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 336 / 743 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 36.0956, -79.4382 |
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ZIP code 27216 is a PO Box-only ZIP serving Burlington, North Carolina. It doesn't cover a geographic territory but exists as a point location within the larger 27215 ZIP code. The post office at Maple Avenue maintains 483 PO Boxes and handles mail for 515 business delivery points. With 36 local business establishments employing 1,070 workers, this ZIP functions as Burlington's dedicated postal hub for the downtown commercial district.
Burlington residents and businesses have access to standard street delivery through neighboring ZIP codes, so 27216 isn't a PO Box Only Zone. The single carrier route handles deliveries using PO Box Street Addressing, which allows customers to use Maple Ave with a unit number instead of a traditional PO Box address. This setup is typical for established post offices in cities where the original downtown facility predates modern ZIP code boundaries.
Maple Avenue is the post office's physical address, used for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 27216 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 29 business establishments, employing about 1,005 people with an annual payroll of $60,083,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 5,781Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 29Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $11,907,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $60,083,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 1,005Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27216 is located in Alamance County, North Carolina, within the Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 15500) and North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 151,131 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 27216. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Burlington, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 15500Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 151,131Source: Census |
| MSA: | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 04Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1045.35 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3709060Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Burlington city; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 27216 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.