| City: | Durham, North Carolina |
| County: | Durham County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:54:06 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 919 / 984 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.9939, -78.8986 |
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ZIP code 27702 is a PO Box-only designation that exists as a point within Durham's primary ZIP code 27701. It has no geographic territory of its own and no residential population. The 348 PO Boxes here serve downtown Durham businesses and residents who prefer a dedicated postal address separate from street delivery.
The post office is located on E Chapel Hill Street in Durham's City Center, part of the Raleigh-Durham metro area. All 152 street-type address records point to this single location, using the USPS PO Box Street Addressing system that lets customers use the post office's physical address with their box number. This isn't a neighborhood with homes. It's a downtown post office serving a business district.
Durham has multiple ZIP codes providing street delivery, including 27701 which physically contains this location. The 492 business delivery points and 20 business establishments in the area indicate 27702 functions as a commercial mail hub. People and businesses choose 27702 PO Boxes for convenience, privacy, or a permanent address that doesn't change when they move.
E Chapel Hill Street is the post office's physical address used for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 27702 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 15 business establishments, employing about 113 people with an annual payroll of $5,368,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,992Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 15Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,232,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $5,368,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 113Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27702 is located in Durham County, North Carolina, within the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 20500) and North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 504,357 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 27702. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Durham-Chapel Hill, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 20500Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 504,357Source: 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: | 3719000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Durham city; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 27702 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.