| City: | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| County: | Guilford County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:52:22 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 336 / 743 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 36.0726, -79.7925 |
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ZIP code 27420 serves a small section of downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. The post office maintains 64 PO Boxes for businesses and residents who prefer box delivery over street addresses.
This ZIP doesn't reflect a separate community. Instead, it's a postal designation within Greensboro's larger delivery network. N Murrow Blvd is the primary street served, with 92 delivery records including units. The ZIP exists alongside neighboring 27401, which provides most of the area's street delivery. Residents here aren't limited to PO Boxes—they have standard carrier delivery available as part of Greensboro's urban mail service.
The single street reflects this ZIP's focused nature as a postal facility within downtown Greensboro. N Murrow Blvd connects to the city's broader street grid.
ZIP Code 27420 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 12 business establishments, employing about 524 people with an annual payroll of $13,202,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 228Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 12Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $3,096,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $13,202,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 524Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27420 is located in Guilford County, North Carolina, within the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 24660) and North Carolina's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 723,801 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 27420. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Greensboro-High Point, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 24660Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 723,801Source: Census |
| MSA: | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3674.55 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3728000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Greensboro city; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 27420 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 March 1, 2026.