| City: | Cary, North Carolina |
| County: | Wake County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:52:39 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 919 / 984 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.7917, -78.7816 |
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ZIP 27512 is a PO Box-only ZIP code located within the town of Cary, North Carolina, in Wake County. It doesn't have its own geographic territory. Instead, it exists as a point within ZIP 27511, the standard Cary ZIP that handles street delivery for this area.
The Cary post office at this location maintains 534 PO Boxes and serves 523 business accounts. All street delivery records point to Wrenn Drive, where 245 ZIP+4 records use UNIT designators. This pattern indicates the ZIP serves a commercial or mixed-use address where businesses and residents pick up mail at boxes rather than receiving carrier delivery.
Cary is part of the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area, one of North Carolina's fastest-growing regions. Nearby subdivisions include Wrennwood Apartments, Briarcliff, Sedgebrook Apartments, and Ashton Woods Apartments. Residents in these areas receive street delivery through ZIP 27511, but many use PO Boxes at 27512 for business or personal mail. This isn't a PO Box Only Zone, so street delivery is available as an alternative.
Single street address with UNIT designators suggests post office or commercial mail center location.
ZIP Code 27512 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 23 business establishments, employing about 136 people with an annual payroll of $5,827,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 3,920Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 23Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,597,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $5,827,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 136Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27512 is located in Wake County, North Carolina, within the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 39580) and North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,130,490 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 27512. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Raleigh-Cary, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 39580Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,130,490Source: Census |
| MSA: | Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3246.68 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3710740Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Cary town; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 27512 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.