Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/24473

24473

ZIP 24473 is Rockbridge Baths, Virginia, in Rockbridge County; area code 540; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockbridge
Metro area
none
Population
979
Coordinates
37.9347, -79.4154
☼ Live from 24473 — Rockbridge Baths, VA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 24473 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 24473
  • 🔢 Type 24473 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELhhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 24473 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111110011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24472 (Raphine, VA, 11 mi away) and 24474 (Selma, VA, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24473 becomes 37442, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24347, 24374, 24437, 27344, 32447, 32744, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73442 in Loco, OK, 1,048 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,037 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24473 and you would come out at 37.93°S, 100.58°E — 957 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
  • 📏 At 46.6 square miles of land, 24473 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 24473 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population979This ZIP979
Households433This ZIP433
Housing units574This ZIP574
Median age56.9This ZIP56.9Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$67,813This ZIP$67,813Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$326,400This ZIP$326,400Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher43.4%This ZIP43.4%
Mean commute22.0 minThis ZIP22.0 min
Population density21.0 / sq miThis ZIP21.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees25This ZIP25
Annual payroll$2,178,000This ZIP$2,178,000
Tax returns filed420This ZIP420
Total adjusted gross income$33,441,000This ZIP$33,441,000

Land area

Land area46.63 sq miThis ZIP46.63 sq mi
Water area0.29 sq miThis ZIP0.29 sq mi

ZIP codes near 24473

ZIPCityDistance
24415 Brownsburg, VA 6.1 mi
24439 Goshen, VA 6.8 mi
24435 Fairfield, VA 8.0 mi
24459 Middlebrook, VA 10.3 mi
24476 Steeles Tavern, VA 10.6 mi
24472 Raphine, VA 10.6 mi
24430 Craigsville, VA 10.6 mi
24450 Lexington, VA 12.8 mi
24483 Vesuvius, VA 13.0 mi
24411 Augusta Springs, VA 13.5 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 24473 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24473?

24473 is in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia, in Rockbridge County. Its published point location is 37.9347, -79.4154.

What county is 24473 in?

24473 lies in Rockbridge County.

What area code is 24473?

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

What time zone is 24473 in?

24473 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 24473?

About 979 people live in ZIP code 24473, in 433 households, at 21.0 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 24473?

$67,813 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 24473?

The closest are 24415 (6.1 mi), 24439 (6.8 mi), 24435 (8 mi), 24459 (10.3 mi) and 24476 (10.6 mi).

Is 24473 a PO Box ZIP code?

24473 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “24473 ZIP Code — Rockbridge Baths, Virginia (Rockbridge County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/24473

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/24473.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.