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24162

ZIP 24162 is Shawsville, Virginia, mostly in Montgomery County; area code 540; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery +1 more
Population
2,259
Coordinates
37.1294, -80.2497
☼ Live from 24162 — Shawsville, VA

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Where 24162 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 24162
  • 🔢 Type 24162 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgIhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,162 = 2 × 3 × 4027. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111001100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24161 (Sandy Level, VA, 41 mi away) and 24165 (Spencer, VA, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24162 becomes 26142 — and that is a real ZIP code: Davisville, WV, 158 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12246, 14226, 14622, 16224, 16242, 16422, …). The farthest-flung twin is 61242 in Cordova, IL, 621 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,007 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24162 and you would come out at 37.13°S, 99.75°E — 983 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 46.8 square miles of land, 24162 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,259This ZIP2,259
Households808This ZIP808
Housing units905This ZIP905
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$73,348This ZIP$73,348Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$161,200This ZIP$161,200Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,043This ZIP$1,043Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.3%This ZIP18.3%
Mean commute23.7 minThis ZIP23.7 min
Population density48.3 / sq miThis ZIP48.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees148This ZIP148
Annual payroll$5,204,000This ZIP$5,204,000
Tax returns filed950This ZIP950
Total adjusted gross income$64,300,000This ZIP$64,300,000

Land area

Land area46.81 sq miThis ZIP46.81 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Counties 24162 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Montgomery County 97.8%
Floyd County 2.2%

Other place names in 24162

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

ZIP codes near 24162

ZIPCityDistance
24072 Check, VA 6.1 mi
24087 Elliston, VA 6.4 mi
24138 Pilot, VA 6.5 mi
24059 Bent Mountain, VA 6.7 mi
24079 Copper Hill, VA 7.6 mi
24111 Mc Coy, VA 8.6 mi
24068 Christiansburg, VA 9.5 mi
24073 Christiansburg, VA 9.6 mi
24062 Blacksburg, VA 11.4 mi
24063 Blacksburg, VA 11.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24162?

24162 is in Shawsville, Virginia, in Montgomery County, part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1294, -80.2497.

What county is 24162 in?

24162 spans 2 counties: Montgomery County and Floyd County. Most of it falls in Montgomery 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 24162?

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

What time zone is 24162 in?

24162 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 24162?

About 2,259 people live in ZIP code 24162, in 808 households, at 48.3 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 24162?

$73,348 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 24162?

The closest are 24072 (6.1 mi), 24087 (6.4 mi), 24138 (6.5 mi), 24059 (6.7 mi) and 24079 (7.6 mi).

Is 24162 a PO Box ZIP code?

24162 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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