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23882

ZIP 23882 is Stony Creek, Virginia, mostly in Sussex County; area code 434; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sussex +1 more
Metro area
Richmond, VA
Population
1,848
Coordinates
36.9262, -77.4217
☼ Live from 23882 — Stony Creek, VA

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Where 23882 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23882
  • 🔢 Type 23882 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBBEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,882 = 2 × 11941. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110101001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23881 (Spring Grove, VA, 30 mi away) and 23883 (Surry, VA, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23882 becomes 28832, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23288, 23828, 28328, 28382, 32828, 82832, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83822 in Oldtown, ID, 2,131 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,161 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23882 and you would come out at 36.93°S, 102.58°E — 830 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 147.0 square miles of land, 23882 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 112 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,848This ZIP1,848
Households806This ZIP806
Housing units960This ZIP960
Median age48.5This ZIP48.5Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$63,030This ZIP$63,030Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$155,000This ZIP$155,000Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$633This ZIP$633Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.3%This ZIP17.3%
Mean commute26.4 minThis ZIP26.4 min
Population density12.6 / sq miThis ZIP12.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments50This ZIP50
Employees559This ZIP559
Annual payroll$23,462,000This ZIP$23,462,000
Tax returns filed1,030This ZIP1,030
Total adjusted gross income$55,973,000This ZIP$55,973,000

Land area

Land area146.96 sq miThis ZIP146.96 sq mi
Water area0.53 sq miThis ZIP0.53 sq mi

Counties 23882 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Sussex County 79.6%
Dinwiddie County 20.4%

Other place names in 23882

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

ZIP codes near 23882

ZIPCityDistance
23830 Carson, VA 6.9 mi
23884 Sussex, VA 7.8 mi
23867 Jarratt, VA 8.2 mi
23897 Yale, VA 9.7 mi
23841 Dinwiddie, VA 11.8 mi
23870 Jarratt, VA 12.8 mi
23805 Petersburg, VA 14.3 mi
23891 Waverly, VA 14.7 mi
23822 Ammon, VA 16.0 mi
23840 Dewitt, VA 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23882?

23882 is in Stony Creek, Virginia, in Sussex County, part of the Richmond, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9262, -77.4217.

What county is 23882 in?

23882 spans 2 counties: Sussex County and Dinwiddie County. Most of it falls in Sussex 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 23882?

Stony Creek uses area code 434, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 23882 in?

23882 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23882?

About 1,848 people live in ZIP code 23882, in 806 households, at 12.6 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 23882?

$63,030 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23882?

The closest are 23830 (6.9 mi), 23884 (7.8 mi), 23867 (8.2 mi), 23897 (9.7 mi) and 23841 (11.8 mi).

Is 23882 a PO Box ZIP code?

23882 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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