| City: | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| County: | Wake County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:53:58 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 919 / 984 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.8973, -78.5696 |
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ZIP code 27661 serves a commercial concentration on Capital Boulevard in northeast Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. This ZIP doesn't cover residential housing. Instead, it provides postal services to a business district with 131 business delivery points and 128 PO Boxes at a single address.
The post office maintains both PO Box services and street delivery to units along Capital Boulevard. All 34 street delivery records show unit designators, indicating a multi-tenant commercial building or business park structure. With three business establishments employing 13 people according to Census data, this ZIP serves a focused commercial purpose rather than a residential community.
Despite its PO Box classification, 27661 isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Street delivery is available to the commercial units. The ZIP operates as a specialized postal facility within the larger Raleigh postal network, with the geographic area falling within neighboring ZIP 27616's boundaries. Businesses here can receive mail via either PO Box or direct delivery to their unit on Capital Boulevard.
Single street location with unit-based addressing for commercial tenants.
ZIP Code 27661 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 4 business establishments, employing about 15 people with an annual payroll of $340,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 251Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 4Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $76,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $340,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 15Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27661 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 27661. 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: | 3755000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Raleigh city; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 27661 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.