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22508

ZIP 22508 is Locust Grove, Virginia, mostly in Orange County; area code 540; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange +1 more
Population
15,557
Coordinates
38.3132, -77.7985
☼ Live from 22508 — Locust Grove, VA

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Where 22508 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 22508
  • 🔢 Type 22508 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOSZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,508 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 331. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011111101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22507 (Lively, VA, 80 mi away) and 22509 (Loretto, VA, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22508 becomes 80522 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fort Collins, CO, 1,457 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02825, 02852, 05822, 08225, 08252, 20528, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85022 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,931 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,117 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22508 and you would come out at 38.31°S, 102.20°E — 887 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 57.5 square miles of land, 22508 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,557This ZIP15,557
Households6,124This ZIP6,124
Housing units6,569This ZIP6,569
Median age41.9This ZIP41.9Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$111,357This ZIP$111,357Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$389,100This ZIP$389,100Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,796This ZIP$1,796Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.5%This ZIP37.5%
Mean commute46.9 minThis ZIP46.9 min
Population density270.3 / sq miThis ZIP270.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments196This ZIP196
Employees1,720This ZIP1,720
Annual payroll$62,667,000This ZIP$62,667,000
Tax returns filed7,760This ZIP7,760
Total adjusted gross income$674,383,000This ZIP$674,383,000

Land area

Land area57.55 sq miThis ZIP57.55 sq mi
Water area1.09 sq miThis ZIP1.09 sq mi

Counties 22508 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Orange County 90.2%
Spotsylvania County 9.8%

Other place names in 22508

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ZIP codes near 22508

ZIPCityDistance
22433 Burr Hill, VA 5.0 mi
22542 Rhoadesville, VA 5.3 mi
22726 Lignum, VA 6.0 mi
22736 Richardsville, VA 8.1 mi
22567 Unionville, VA 8.7 mi
22553 Spotsylvania, VA 9.1 mi
22741 Stevensburg, VA 10.1 mi
22551 Spotsylvania, VA 10.2 mi
22718 Elkwood, VA 10.3 mi
22412 Fredericksburg, VA 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22508?

22508 is in Locust Grove, Virginia, in Orange County, part of the Lake of the Woods, VA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.3132, -77.7985.

What county is 22508 in?

22508 spans 2 counties: Orange County and Spotsylvania County. Most of it falls in Orange County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 22508?

Locust Grove uses area code 540, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 22508 in?

22508 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 22508?

About 15,557 people live in ZIP code 22508, in 6,124 households, at 270.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 22508?

$111,357 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 22508?

The closest are 22433 (5 mi), 22542 (5.3 mi), 22726 (6 mi), 22736 (8.1 mi) and 22567 (8.7 mi).

Is 22508 a PO Box ZIP code?

22508 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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