ZIP Code 27516

27516 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Chapel Hill, Orange County.

City

Chapel Hill

County

Orange County

State

North Carolina

Prefix

275xx

Where this code sits

27516 is part of the 275xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Chapel Hill is served by 5 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Chapel Hill page.

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 27516 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 27516

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 27516.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 27510	0.9 mi	Carrboro, NC
ZIP code 27515	2.5 mi	Chapel Hill, NC
ZIP code 27514	3.5 mi	Chapel Hill, NC
ZIP code 27517	5.4 mi	Chapel Hill, NC
ZIP code 27228	9.3 mi	Bynum, NC
ZIP code 27599	9.4 mi	Chapel Hill, NC
ZIP code 27707	10 mi	Durham, NC
ZIP code 27713	10 mi	Durham, NC

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 27516, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 27516. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.