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23894

ZIP 23894 is Wilsons, Virginia, mostly in Dinwiddie County; area code 434; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dinwiddie +1 more
Metro area
Richmond, VA
Population
326
Coordinates
37.1371, -77.8246
☼ Live from 23894 — Wilsons, VA

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Where 23894 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23894
  • 🔢 Type 23894 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGBEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,894 = 2 × 13 × 919. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110101010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23893 (White Plains, VA, 36 mi away) and 23897 (Yale, VA, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23894 becomes 49832, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24839, 24938, 24983, 28349, 28394, 28439, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98324 in Carlsborg, WA, 2,388 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,135 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23894 and you would come out at 37.14°S, 102.18°E — 856 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 28.0 square miles of land, 23894 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population326This ZIP326
Households172This ZIP172
Housing units309This ZIP309
Median age65.5This ZIP65.5Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$41,071This ZIP$41,071Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$248,300This ZIP$248,300Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher11.7%This ZIP11.7%
Mean commute34.6 minThis ZIP34.6 min
Population density11.6 / sq miThis ZIP11.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees7This ZIP7
Annual payroll$209,000This ZIP$209,000
Tax returns filed320This ZIP320
Total adjusted gross income$20,593,000This ZIP$20,593,000

Land area

Land area28.01 sq miThis ZIP28.01 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 23894 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Dinwiddie County 90.8%
Nottoway County 9.2%

ZIP codes near 23894

ZIPCityDistance
23850 Ford, VA 4.9 mi
23824 Blackstone, VA 8.1 mi
23833 Church Road, VA 9.9 mi
23840 Dewitt, VA 10.3 mi
23822 Ammon, VA 10.7 mi
23872 Mc Kenney, VA 11.9 mi
23876 Rawlings, VA 12.5 mi
23955 Nottoway, VA 13.6 mi
23885 Sutherland, VA 14.2 mi
23930 Crewe, VA 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23894?

23894 is in Wilsons, Virginia, in Dinwiddie County, part of the Richmond, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1371, -77.8246.

What county is 23894 in?

23894 spans 2 counties: Dinwiddie County and Nottoway County. Most of it falls in Dinwiddie 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 23894?

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

What time zone is 23894 in?

23894 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23894?

About 326 people live in ZIP code 23894, in 172 households, at 11.6 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 23894?

$41,071 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23894?

The closest are 23850 (4.9 mi), 23824 (8.1 mi), 23833 (9.9 mi), 23840 (10.3 mi) and 23822 (10.7 mi).

Is 23894 a PO Box ZIP code?

23894 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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