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25981

ZIP 25981 is Quinwood, West Virginia, mostly in Greenbrier County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Greenbrier +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
842
Coordinates
38.0709, -80.6979
☼ Live from 25981 — Quinwood, WV

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Where 25981 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 25981
  • 🔢 Type 25981 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBGSZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 25981 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110010101111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 25979 (Pipestem, WV, 40 mi away) and 25984 (Rupert, WV, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 25981 becomes 18952, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12589, 12859, 12958, 12985, 15289, 15829, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95128 in San Jose, CA, 2,236 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯967 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 25981 and you would come out at 38.07°S, 99.30°E — 1,026 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 57.5 square miles of land, 25981 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population842This ZIP842
Households346This ZIP346
Housing units575This ZIP575
Median age42.2This ZIP42.2West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$37,639This ZIP$37,639West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$72,600This ZIP$72,600West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$686This ZIP$686West Virginia$872US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher3.8%This ZIP3.8%
Mean commute39.9 minThis ZIP39.9 min
Population density14.6 / sq miThis ZIP14.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$11,031,000This ZIP$11,031,000

Land area

Land area57.54 sq miThis ZIP57.54 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 25981 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Greenbrier County 72.2%
Nicholas County 27.8%

Other place names in 25981

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

ZIP codes near 25981

ZIPCityDistance
25972 Leslie, WV 2.7 mi
25958 Charmco, WV 5.9 mi
25984 Rupert, WV 6.2 mi
26676 Leivasy, WV 6.7 mi
25962 Rainelle, WV 8.0 mi
26679 Mount Nebo, WV 9.2 mi
26680 Nallen, WV 9.6 mi
26684 Pool, WV 10.4 mi
26681 Nettie, WV 11.4 mi
26202 Fenwick, WV 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 25981?

25981 is in Quinwood, West Virginia, in Greenbrier County. Its published point location is 38.0709, -80.6979.

What county is 25981 in?

25981 spans 2 counties: Greenbrier County and Nicholas County. Most of it falls in Greenbrier 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 25981?

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

What time zone is 25981 in?

25981 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 25981?

About 842 people live in ZIP code 25981, in 346 households, at 14.6 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 25981?

$37,639 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 25981?

The closest are 25972 (2.7 mi), 25958 (5.9 mi), 25984 (6.2 mi), 26676 (6.7 mi) and 25962 (8 mi).

Is 25981 a PO Box ZIP code?

25981 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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