| City: | Durham, North Carolina |
| County: | Durham County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:54:15 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 919 / 984 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.9939, -78.8986 |
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ZIP code 27717 serves a business complex on Shannon Road in Durham, North Carolina. This isn't a residential community. It's a commercial facility with 463 businesses sharing a single address. The ZIP has zero population because no one lives here.
The post office maintains 464 PO Boxes, almost exactly one for each business tenant. All 85 ZIP+4 records point to Shannon Road with UNIT designators, indicating a multi-tenant commercial building or office park. This is what USPS calls a Large Volume Receiver.
Durham has multiple ZIP codes for residential mail delivery. ZIP 27717 exists specifically to handle the mail volume from this business concentration. It sits geographically within ZIP 27707 in the Hope Valley area of southwest Durham. Nearby neighborhoods include Knollwood, Hope Valley, and The Valley.
Mail addressed to 27717 goes to PO Boxes at the Shannon Road facility. Street delivery in the surrounding Durham neighborhoods uses other ZIP codes like 27707.
Single street address with UNIT designators serving a multi-tenant business complex.
ZIP Code 27717 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 7 business establishments, employing about 69 people with an annual payroll of $1,414,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 921Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 7Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $335,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,414,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 69Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 27717 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 27717. 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 27717 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.