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/24747

24747

ZIP 24747 is Rock, West Virginia, mostly in Mercer County; area code 304; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mercer +1 more
Metro area
Bluefield, WV-VA
Population
3,125
Coordinates
37.4115, -81.2165
☼ Live from 24747 — Rock, WV

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 24747 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 24747
  • 🔢 Type 24747 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhLhZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 24,747 = 3 × 73 × 113. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110000010101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 24740 (Princeton, WV, 6 mi away) and 24751 (Wolfe, WV, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 24747 becomes 74742, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24477, 47247, 47274, 47427, 47724, 72447, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77442 in Garwood, TX, 1,037 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯950 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 24747 and you would come out at 37.41°S, 98.78°E — 1,039 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 42.7 square miles of land, 24747 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 24747 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population3,125This ZIP3,125
Households1,224This ZIP1,224
Housing units1,371This ZIP1,371
Median age44.6This ZIP44.6West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$48,203This ZIP$48,203West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$136,300This ZIP$136,300West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$907This ZIP$907West Virginia$872US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.1%This ZIP10.1%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density73.1 / sq miThis ZIP73.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees44This ZIP44
Annual payroll$2,251,000This ZIP$2,251,000
Tax returns filed870This ZIP870
Total adjusted gross income$42,727,000This ZIP$42,727,000

Land area

Land area42.73 sq miThis ZIP42.73 sq mi
Water area0.28 sq miThis ZIP0.28 sq mi

Counties 24747 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Mercer County 97.3%
McDowell County 2.7%

Other place names in 24747

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

ZIP codes near 24747

ZIPCityDistance
24733 Lashmeet, WV 2.8 mi
24729 Hiawatha, WV 3.6 mi
24731 Kegley, WV 3.7 mi
24736 Matoaka, WV 4.3 mi
24714 Beeson, WV 4.5 mi
24737 Montcalm, WV 4.9 mi
24740 Princeton, WV 6.1 mi
24726 Herndon, WV 7.0 mi
24701 Bluefield, WV 7.3 mi
25922 Spanishburg, WV 7.5 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 24747 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 24747?

24747 is in Rock, West Virginia, in Mercer County, part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.4115, -81.2165.

What county is 24747 in?

24747 spans 2 counties: Mercer County and McDowell County. Most of it falls in Mercer 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 24747?

Rock uses area code 304, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 24747 in?

24747 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 24747?

About 3,125 people live in ZIP code 24747, in 1,224 households, at 73.1 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 24747?

$48,203 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 24747?

The closest are 24733 (2.8 mi), 24729 (3.6 mi), 24731 (3.7 mi), 24736 (4.3 mi) and 24714 (4.5 mi).

Is 24747 a PO Box ZIP code?

24747 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “24747 ZIP Code — Rock, West Virginia (Mercer County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/24747

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/24747.json

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