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25841

ZIP 25841 is Flat Top, West Virginia, mostly in Mercer County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mercer +1 more
Metro area
Bluefield, WV-VA
Population
526
Coordinates
37.5608, -81.0925
☼ Live from 25841 — Flat Top, WV

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Where 25841 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 25841
  • 🔢 Type 25841 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhBSZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 25841 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: 110010011110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 25840 (Fayetteville, WV, 33 mi away) and 25843 (Ghent, WV, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 25841 becomes 14852 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ithaca, NY, 417 miles away.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12458, 12485, 12548, 12584, 12845, 12854, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85214 in Mesa, AZ, 1,745 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯954 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 25841 and you would come out at 37.56°S, 98.91°E — 1,036 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
  • 📏 At 31.4 square miles of land, 25841 is bigger than 47% of ZIP codes — room for about 24 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population526This ZIP526
Households180This ZIP180
Housing units256This ZIP256
Median age52.2This ZIP52.2West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher6.7%This ZIP6.7%
Population density16.8 / sq miThis ZIP16.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees56This ZIP56
Annual payroll$2,548,000This ZIP$2,548,000
Tax returns filed210This ZIP210
Total adjusted gross income$14,623,000This ZIP$14,623,000

Land area

Land area31.39 sq miThis ZIP31.39 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 25841 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Mercer County 89.0%
Summers County 10.9%

ZIP codes near 25841

ZIPCityDistance
25843 Ghent, WV 4.8 mi
25820 Camp Creek, WV 5.0 mi
25825 Cool Ridge, WV 5.8 mi
25969 Jumping Branch, WV 5.9 mi
25922 Spanishburg, WV 6.2 mi
24712 Athens, WV 6.4 mi
25902 Odd, WV 6.9 mi
24714 Beeson, WV 7.9 mi
25971 Lerona, WV 8.5 mi
25857 Josephine, WV 8.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 25841?

25841 is in Flat Top, West Virginia, in Mercer County, part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.5608, -81.0925.

What county is 25841 in?

25841 spans 2 counties: Mercer County and Summers 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 25841?

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

What time zone is 25841 in?

25841 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 25841?

About 526 people live in ZIP code 25841, in 180 households, at 16.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 25841?

The closest are 25843 (4.8 mi), 25820 (5 mi), 25825 (5.8 mi), 25969 (5.9 mi) and 25922 (6.2 mi).

Is 25841 a PO Box ZIP code?

25841 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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