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22853

ZIP 22853 is Timberville, Virginia, mostly in Rockingham County; area code 540; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham +1 more
Metro area
Harrisonburg, VA
Population
5,214
Coordinates
38.6517, -78.7587
☼ Live from 22853 — Timberville, VA

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Where 22853 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 22853
  • 🔢 Type 22853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 22853 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100101000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22851 (Stanley, VA, 16 mi away) and 22901 (Charlottesville, VA, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22853 becomes 35822, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22538, 22835, 23285, 25328, 25823, 25832, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83522 in Cottonwood, ID, 1,972 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,062 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22853 and you would come out at 38.65°S, 101.24°E — 944 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 28m.
  • 📏 At 39.0 square miles of land, 22853 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,214This ZIP5,214
Households1,740This ZIP1,740
Housing units1,879This ZIP1,879
Median age43.3This ZIP43.3Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$67,083This ZIP$67,083Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$245,800This ZIP$245,800Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$980This ZIP$980Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.7%This ZIP12.7%
Mean commute27.7 minThis ZIP27.7 min
Population density133.7 / sq miThis ZIP133.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments90This ZIP90
Employees2,040This ZIP2,040
Annual payroll$88,894,000This ZIP$88,894,000
Tax returns filed2,280This ZIP2,280
Total adjusted gross income$130,189,000This ZIP$130,189,000

Land area

Land area38.99 sq miThis ZIP38.99 sq mi
Water area0.24 sq miThis ZIP0.24 sq mi

Counties 22853 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rockingham County 91.5%
Shenandoah County 8.5%

Other place names in 22853

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

ZIP codes near 22853

ZIPCityDistance
22847 Quicksburg, VA 5.2 mi
22844 New Market, VA 5.5 mi
22815 Broadway, VA 6.1 mi
22834 Linville, VA 8.2 mi
22842 Mount Jackson, VA 9.3 mi
22845 Orkney Springs, VA 9.8 mi
22833 Lacey Spring, VA 10.0 mi
22850 Singers Glen, VA 10.5 mi
22849 Shenandoah, VA 11.2 mi
22830 Fulks Run, VA 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22853?

22853 is in Timberville, Virginia, in Rockingham County, part of the Harrisonburg, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.6517, -78.7587.

What county is 22853 in?

22853 spans 2 counties: Rockingham County and Shenandoah County. 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 22853?

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

What time zone is 22853 in?

22853 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 22853?

About 5,214 people live in ZIP code 22853, in 1,740 households, at 133.7 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 22853?

$67,083 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 22853?

The closest are 22847 (5.2 mi), 22844 (5.5 mi), 22815 (6.1 mi), 22834 (8.2 mi) and 22842 (9.3 mi).

Is 22853 a PO Box ZIP code?

22853 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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