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25208

ZIP 25208 is Wharton, West Virginia, in Boone County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Boone
Metro area
Charleston, WV
Population
852
Coordinates
37.8365, -81.6398
☼ Live from 25208 — Wharton, WV

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Where 25208 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 25208
  • 🔢 Type 25208 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOZSZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 25,208 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 23 × 137. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110001001111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 25206 (Van, WV, 9 mi away) and 25209 (Whitesville, WV, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 25208 becomes 80252 — and that is a real ZIP code: Denver, CO, 1,261 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02825, 02852, 05822, 08225, 08252, 20528, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85022 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,722 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% 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 25208 and you would come out at 37.84°S, 98.36°E — 1,070 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
  • 📏 At 72.3 square miles of land, 25208 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population852This ZIP852
Households328This ZIP328
Housing units376This ZIP376
Median age34.5This ZIP34.5West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$41,406This ZIP$41,406West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$42,900This ZIP$42,900West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher11.0%This ZIP11.0%
Mean commute37.6 minThis ZIP37.6 min
Population density11.8 / sq miThis ZIP11.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees554This ZIP554
Annual payroll$55,364,000This ZIP$55,364,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$15,250,000This ZIP$15,250,000

Land area

Land area72.33 sq miThis ZIP72.33 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

ZIP codes near 25208

ZIPCityDistance
25630 Lorado, WV 4.5 mi
24827 Cyclone, WV 4.7 mi
25021 Bim, WV 6.1 mi
25204 Twilight, WV 6.3 mi
24854 Kopperston, WV 6.9 mi
25022 Blair, WV 7.5 mi
25140 Naoma, WV 7.7 mi
25093 Gordon, WV 7.9 mi
25607 Amherstdale, WV 8.1 mi
25206 Van, WV 8.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 25208?

25208 is in Wharton, West Virginia, in Boone County, part of the Charleston, WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8365, -81.6398.

What county is 25208 in?

25208 lies in Boone County.

What area code is 25208?

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

What time zone is 25208 in?

25208 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 25208?

About 852 people live in ZIP code 25208, in 328 households, at 11.8 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 25208?

$41,406 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 25208?

The closest are 25630 (4.5 mi), 24827 (4.7 mi), 25021 (6.1 mi), 25204 (6.3 mi) and 24854 (6.9 mi).

Is 25208 a PO Box ZIP code?

25208 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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