| City: | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Names to Avoid: | Carolina Power And Light Co |
| County: | Wake County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:54:04 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 919 / 984 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 35.7719, -78.6388 |
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ZIP code 27698 was assigned to Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L), a utility company that served eastern and central North Carolina for over a century. Founded in 1908 and headquartered in Raleigh, CP&L provided electric service to millions of customers before merging with Florida Progress Corporation in 2000 to form Progress Energy. In 2012, Progress Energy merged with Duke Energy, making this ZIP code a historical artifact of North Carolina's utility industry evolution. The USPS has maintained this postal designation for over two decades.
Postal records identify 1 ZIP+4 code with mail routing to the CP&L facility in the Umstead area of Raleigh. While the Carolina Power & Light name has been retired, the ZIP code designation remains in USPS records. Census demographic data is not available for this ZIP, consistent with its function as a corporate utility office. Raleigh is the valid mailing city.
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 27698 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # 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: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27698 is located in Wake County, North Carolina, within the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 39580) and North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,130,490 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 27698. 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: | 04Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1045.35 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 27698 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.