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25049

ZIP 25049 is Comfort, West Virginia, in Boone County; area codes 681 and 304; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Boone
Metro area
Charleston, WV
Population
548
Coordinates
38.1153, -81.5583
☼ Live from 25049 — Comfort, WV

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Where 25049 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 25049
  • 🔢 Type 25049 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhOSZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 25,049 = 37 × 677. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110000111011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 25048 (Colcord, WV, 14 mi away) and 25051 (Costa, WV, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 25049 becomes 94052, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02459, 02495, 04259, 04925, 04952, 05492, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09245 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,454 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯921 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 25049 and you would come out at 38.12°S, 98.44°E — 1,071 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 17.2 square miles of land, 25049 is bigger than 35% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population548This ZIP548
Households193This ZIP193
Housing units367This ZIP367
Median age42.5This ZIP42.5West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$62,450This ZIP$62,450West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$67,000This ZIP$67,000West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher7.9%This ZIP7.9%
Mean commute46.3 minThis ZIP46.3 min
Population density31.9 / sq miThis ZIP31.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees44This ZIP44
Annual payroll$1,411,000This ZIP$1,411,000
Tax returns filed240This ZIP240
Total adjusted gross income$13,965,000This ZIP$13,965,000

Land area

Land area17.19 sq miThis ZIP17.19 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 25049

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ZIP codes near 25049

ZIPCityDistance
25035 Cabin Creek, WV 4.0 mi
25024 Bloomingrose, WV 4.7 mi
25214 Winifrede, WV 4.9 mi
25134 Miami, WV 5.0 mi
25054 Dawes, WV 5.8 mi
25165 Racine, WV 5.9 mi
25181 Seth, WV 6.4 mi
25148 Orgas, WV 6.5 mi
25193 Sylvester, WV 6.8 mi
25315 Charleston, WV 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 25049?

25049 is in Comfort, West Virginia, in Boone County, part of the Charleston, WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1153, -81.5583.

What county is 25049 in?

25049 lies in Boone County.

What area code is 25049?

Comfort uses area codes 681 and 304, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 25049 in?

25049 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 25049?

About 548 people live in ZIP code 25049, in 193 households, at 31.9 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 25049?

$62,450 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 25049?

The closest are 25035 (4 mi), 25024 (4.7 mi), 25214 (4.9 mi), 25134 (5 mi) and 25054 (5.8 mi).

Is 25049 a PO Box ZIP code?

25049 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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