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24549

ZIP 24549 is Dry Fork, Virginia, in Pittsylvania County; area code 434; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pittsylvania
Metro area
Danville, VA
Population
4,160
Coordinates
36.7067, -79.5045
☼ Live from 24549 — Dry Fork, VA

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Where 24549 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 24549
  • 🔢 Type 24549 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhShZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,549 = 3 × 7 × 7 × 167. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111111100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24543 (Danville, VA, 9 mi away) and 24550 (Evington, VA, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24549 becomes 94542 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hayward, CA, 2,321 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24459, 24594, 24945, 24954, 29445, 29544, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95442 in Glen Ellen, CA, 2,338 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,055 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24549 and you would come out at 36.71°S, 100.50°E — 935 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 51.5 square miles of land, 24549 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,160This ZIP4,160
Households1,814This ZIP1,814
Housing units1,945This ZIP1,945
Median age49.7This ZIP49.7Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$55,186This ZIP$55,186Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$146,000This ZIP$146,000Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,051This ZIP$1,051Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.8%This ZIP16.8%
Mean commute27.7 minThis ZIP27.7 min
Population density80.8 / sq miThis ZIP80.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments44This ZIP44
Employees160This ZIP160
Annual payroll$5,919,000This ZIP$5,919,000
Tax returns filed1,780This ZIP1,780
Total adjusted gross income$113,615,000This ZIP$113,615,000

Land area

Land area51.49 sq miThis ZIP51.49 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

ZIP codes near 24549

ZIPCityDistance
24540 Danville, VA 6.6 mi
24541 Danville, VA 8.2 mi
24527 Blairs, VA 9.0 mi
24530 Callands, VA 9.4 mi
24543 Danville, VA 9.4 mi
24531 Chatham, VA 10.0 mi
24054 Axton, VA 11.2 mi
24069 Cascade, VA 11.8 mi
24566 Keeling, VA 14.1 mi
24586 Ringgold, VA 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24549?

24549 is in Dry Fork, Virginia, in Pittsylvania County, part of the Danville, VA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.7067, -79.5045.

What county is 24549 in?

24549 lies in Pittsylvania County.

What area code is 24549?

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

What time zone is 24549 in?

24549 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 24549?

About 4,160 people live in ZIP code 24549, in 1,814 households, at 80.8 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 24549?

$55,186 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 24549?

The closest are 24540 (6.6 mi), 24541 (8.2 mi), 24527 (9 mi), 24530 (9.4 mi) and 24543 (9.4 mi).

Is 24549 a PO Box ZIP code?

24549 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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