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30506

ZIP 30506 is in Gainesville, Georgia, mostly in Hall County; area codes 678, 770, 470 and 943; Eastern time. Gainesville has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 30501, 30503, 30504 and 30507.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hall +1 more
Metro area
Gainesville, GA
Population
45,612
Coordinates
34.3469, -83.8956
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Where 30506 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 30506
  • 🔢 Type 30506 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOSOE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 30,506 = 2 × 7 × 2179. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111011100101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 30504 (Gainesville, GA, 6 mi away) and 30507 (Gainesville, GA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 30506 becomes 60503 — and that is a real ZIP code: Aurora, IL, 561 miles away.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00653, 03605, 05036, 05360, 05603, 06035, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00653 in Guanica, PR, 1,541 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯892 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 30506 and you would come out at 34.35°S, 96.10°E — 1,153 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 51m.
  • 📏 At 100.5 square miles of land, 30506 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 76 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,612This ZIP45,612
Households16,720This ZIP16,720
Housing units19,146This ZIP19,146
Median age45.1This ZIP45.1Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$97,413This ZIP$97,413Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$390,500This ZIP$390,500Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,371This ZIP$1,371Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.5%This ZIP37.5%
Mean commute32.3 minThis ZIP32.3 min
Population density453.9 / sq miThis ZIP453.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments672This ZIP672
Employees3,531This ZIP3,531
Annual payroll$158,301,000This ZIP$158,301,000
Tax returns filed22,080This ZIP22,080
Total adjusted gross income$2,641,200,000This ZIP$2,641,200,000

Land area

Land area100.49 sq miThis ZIP100.49 sq mi
Water area24.79 sq miThis ZIP24.79 sq mi

Counties 30506 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hall County 78.3%
Forsyth County 21.7%

Other place names in 30506

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ZIP codes near 30506

ZIPCityDistance
30503 Gainesville, GA 3.1 mi
30501 Gainesville, GA 5.0 mi
30504 Gainesville, GA 5.6 mi
30566 Oakwood, GA 7.5 mi
30564 Murrayville, GA 8.1 mi
30507 Gainesville, GA 9.2 mi
30502 Chestnut Mountain, GA 10.9 mi
30527 Clermont, GA 11.3 mi
30542 Flowery Branch, GA 11.6 mi
30597 Dahlonega, GA 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 30506?

30506 is in Gainesville, Georgia, in Hall County, part of the Gainesville, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.3469, -83.8956.

What county is 30506 in?

30506 spans 2 counties: Hall County and Forsyth County. Most of it falls in Hall 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 30506?

Gainesville uses area codes 678, 770, 470 and 943, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 30506 in?

30506 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 30506?

About 45,612 people live in ZIP code 30506, in 16,720 households, at 453.9 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 30506?

$97,413 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 30506?

The closest are 30503 (3.1 mi), 30501 (5 mi), 30504 (5.6 mi), 30566 (7.5 mi) and 30564 (8.1 mi).

Is 30506 a PO Box ZIP code?

30506 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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