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24221

ZIP 24221 is Blackwater, Virginia, mostly in Lee County; area code 276; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lee +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
633
Coordinates
36.6253, -82.9988
☼ Live from 24221 — Blackwater, VA

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Where 24221 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 24221
  • 🔢 Type 24221 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZZhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,221 = 53 × 457. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111010011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24220 (Birchleaf, VA, 55 mi away) and 24224 (Castlewood, VA, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24221 becomes 12242 — and that is a real ZIP code: Albany, NY, 644 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12224, 12242, 12422, 14222, 21224, 22124, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12224 in Albany, NY, 644 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯873 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24221 and you would come out at 36.63°S, 97.00°E — 1,122 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 51.6 square miles of land, 24221 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population633This ZIP633
Households286This ZIP286
Housing units380This ZIP380
Median age59.4This ZIP59.4Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$47,788This ZIP$47,788Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$119,500This ZIP$119,500Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher13.9%This ZIP13.9%
Mean commute30.7 minThis ZIP30.7 min
Population density12.3 / sq miThis ZIP12.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed270This ZIP270
Total adjusted gross income$12,381,000This ZIP$12,381,000

Land area

Land area51.56 sq miThis ZIP51.56 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 24221 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lee County 61.0%
Scott County 39.0%

ZIP codes near 24221

ZIPCityDistance
37765 Kyles Ford, TN 4.9 mi
37731 Eidson, TN 5.3 mi
24277 Pennington Gap, VA 8.7 mi
24263 Jonesville, VA 9.8 mi
37873 Surgoinsville, TN 11.0 mi
24243 Dryden, VA 11.8 mi
24244 Duffield, VA 12.2 mi
24282 Saint Charles, VA 13.7 mi
37857 Rogersville, TN 14.2 mi
24265 Keokee, VA 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24221?

24221 is in Blackwater, Virginia, in Lee County. Its published point location is 36.6253, -82.9988.

What county is 24221 in?

24221 spans 2 counties: Lee County and Scott County. Most of it falls in Lee 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 24221?

Blackwater uses area code 276, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 24221 in?

24221 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 24221?

About 633 people live in ZIP code 24221, in 286 households, at 12.3 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 24221?

$47,788 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 24221?

The closest are 37765 (4.9 mi), 37731 (5.3 mi), 24277 (8.7 mi), 24263 (9.8 mi) and 37873 (11 mi).

Is 24221 a PO Box ZIP code?

24221 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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