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24059

ZIP 24059 is Bent Mountain, Virginia, mostly in Roanoke County; area code 540; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Roanoke +2 more
Metro area
Roanoke, VA
Population
893
Coordinates
37.1559, -80.1320
☼ Live from 24059 — Bent Mountain, VA

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Where 24059 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 24059
  • 🔢 Type 24059 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSOhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,059 = 7 × 7 × 491. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110111111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24058 (Belspring, VA, 27 mi away) and 24060 (Blacksburg, VA, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24059 becomes 95042 — and that is a real ZIP code: New Almaden, CA, 2,276 miles away.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02459, 02495, 04259, 04925, 04952, 05492, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09245 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,441 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,013 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24059 and you would come out at 37.16°S, 99.87°E — 977 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 25.5 square miles of land, 24059 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population893This ZIP893
Households421This ZIP421
Housing units495This ZIP495
Median age61.5This ZIP61.5Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$73,237This ZIP$73,237Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$253,900This ZIP$253,900Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher27.8%This ZIP27.8%
Mean commute33.4 minThis ZIP33.4 min
Population density35.0 / sq miThis ZIP35.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees40This ZIP40
Annual payroll$1,600,000This ZIP$1,600,000
Tax returns filed460This ZIP460
Total adjusted gross income$51,066,000This ZIP$51,066,000

Land area

Land area25.51 sq miThis ZIP25.51 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Counties 24059 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Roanoke County 88.6%
Franklin County 10.9%
Montgomery County 0.4%

ZIP codes near 24059

ZIPCityDistance
24018 Roanoke, VA 6.3 mi
24162 Shawsville, VA 6.7 mi
24079 Copper Hill, VA 7.2 mi
24087 Elliston, VA 7.4 mi
24065 Boones Mill, VA 7.9 mi
24067 Callaway, VA 9.4 mi
24155 Salem, VA 9.8 mi
24157 Salem, VA 9.8 mi
24072 Check, VA 9.9 mi
24153 Salem, VA 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24059?

24059 is in Bent Mountain, Virginia, in Roanoke County, part of the Roanoke, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1559, -80.1320.

What county is 24059 in?

24059 spans 3 counties: Roanoke County, Franklin County and Montgomery County. Most of it falls in Roanoke 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 24059?

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

What time zone is 24059 in?

24059 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 24059?

About 893 people live in ZIP code 24059, in 421 households, at 35.0 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 24059?

$73,237 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 24059?

The closest are 24018 (6.3 mi), 24162 (6.7 mi), 24079 (7.2 mi), 24087 (7.4 mi) and 24065 (7.9 mi).

Is 24059 a PO Box ZIP code?

24059 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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