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22802

ZIP 22802 is in Harrisonburg, Virginia, mostly in Rockingham County; area codes 540 and 826; Eastern time. Harrisonburg has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 22801, 22803 and 22807.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham +1 more
Metro area
Harrisonburg, VA
Population
30,374
Coordinates
38.4945, -78.8632
☼ Live from 22802 — Harrisonburg, VA

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Where 22802 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 22802
  • 🔢 Type 22802 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOBZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,802 = 2 × 13 × 877. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100100010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22801 (Harrisonburg, VA, 6 mi away) and 22803 (Harrisonburg, VA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22802 becomes 20822, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02822, 20228, 22082, 22820, 28202, 28220, …). The farthest-flung twin is 80222 in Denver, CO, 1,395 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,058 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22802 and you would come out at 38.49°S, 101.14°E — 944 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 51m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 28m.
  • 📏 At 91.0 square miles of land, 22802 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 69 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,374This ZIP30,374
Households11,303This ZIP11,303
Housing units12,126This ZIP12,126
Median age37.4This ZIP37.4Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$66,423This ZIP$66,423Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$280,700This ZIP$280,700Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,186This ZIP$1,186Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.7%This ZIP30.7%
Mean commute17.7 minThis ZIP17.7 min
Population density333.9 / sq miThis ZIP333.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments540This ZIP540
Employees9,512This ZIP9,512
Annual payroll$420,682,000This ZIP$420,682,000
Tax returns filed12,970This ZIP12,970
Total adjusted gross income$760,136,000This ZIP$760,136,000

Land area

Land area90.98 sq miThis ZIP90.98 sq mi
Water area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi

Counties 22802 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rockingham County 93.3%
Harrisonburg city 6.7%

Other place names in 22802

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 22802

ZIPCityDistance
22833 Lacey Spring, VA 2.4 mi
22803 Harrisonburg, VA 3.1 mi
22807 Harrisonburg, VA 4.2 mi
22834 Linville, VA 4.5 mi
22850 Singers Glen, VA 5.7 mi
22801 Harrisonburg, VA 6.2 mi
22832 Keezletown, VA 6.3 mi
22848 Pleasant Valley, VA 7.7 mi
22846 Penn Laird, VA 8.4 mi
22840 Mc Gaheysville, VA 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22802?

22802 is in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in Rockingham County, part of the Harrisonburg, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.4945, -78.8632.

What county is 22802 in?

22802 spans 2 counties: Rockingham County and Harrisonburg city. Most of it falls in Rockingham 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 22802?

Harrisonburg uses area codes 540 and 826, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 22802 in?

22802 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 22802?

About 30,374 people live in ZIP code 22802, in 11,303 households, at 333.9 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 22802?

$66,423 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 22802?

The closest are 22833 (2.4 mi), 22803 (3.1 mi), 22807 (4.2 mi), 22834 (4.5 mi) and 22850 (5.7 mi).

Is 22802 a PO Box ZIP code?

22802 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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