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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/22040

22040

ZIP 22040 is in Falls Church, Virginia, in Falls Church City; area codes 571 and 703; Eastern time. Falls Church has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 22041, 22042, 22043, 22044 and 22046.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
38.8842, -77.1718

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 22046, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 22040 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 22040
  • 🔢 Type 22040 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhOZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,040 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 19 × 29. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011000011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22039 (Fairfax Station, VA, 12 mi away) and 22041 (Falls Church, VA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22040 becomes 04022 — and that is a real ZIP code: Denmark, ME, 483 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02204, 02420, 04022, 04220, 20024, 20042, …). The farthest-flung twin is 42002 in Paducah, KY, 640 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,143 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22040 and you would come out at 38.88°S, 102.83°E — 875 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees79This ZIP79
Annual payroll$1,775,000This ZIP$1,775,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 22040

ZIPCityDistance
22046 Falls Church, VA 0.5 mi
22213 Arlington, VA 0.9 mi
22205 Arlington, VA 1.7 mi
22042 Falls Church, VA 1.8 mi
22044 Falls Church, VA 1.8 mi
22043 Falls Church, VA 1.8 mi
22027 Dunn Loring, VA 2.9 mi
22041 Falls Church, VA 2.9 mi
22207 Arlington, VA 3.0 mi
22082 Merrifield, VA 3.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22040?

22040 is in Falls Church, Virginia, in Falls Church city, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.8842, -77.1718.

What county is 22040 in?

22040 lies in Falls Church city.

What area code is 22040?

Falls Church uses area codes 571 and 703, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 22040 in?

22040 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22040?

The closest are 22046 (0.5 mi), 22213 (0.9 mi), 22205 (1.7 mi), 22042 (1.8 mi) and 22044 (1.8 mi).

Is 22040 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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