Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/30542

30542

ZIP 30542 is Flowery Branch, Georgia, in Hall County; area codes 470, 770, 678 and 943; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hall
Metro area
Gainesville, GA
Population
38,605
Coordinates
34.1798, -83.9101
☼ Live from 30542 — Flowery Branch, GA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 30542 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 30542
  • 🔢 Type 30542 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhSOE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 30,542 = 2 × 15271. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111011101001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 30541 (Epworth, GA, 62 mi away) and 30543 (Gillsville, GA, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 30542 becomes 24503 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lynchburg, VA, 346 miles away.
  • 👥 68 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02345, 02453, 02534, 02543, 03245, 03254, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04352 in Mount Vernon, ME, 1,027 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯897 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 30542 and you would come out at 34.18°S, 96.09°E — 1,153 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 42.4 square miles of land, 30542 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 30542 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population38,605This ZIP38,605
Households13,654This ZIP13,654
Housing units14,736This ZIP14,736
Median age41.3This ZIP41.3Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$99,648This ZIP$99,648Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$393,000This ZIP$393,000Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,713This ZIP$1,713Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.3%This ZIP31.3%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density909.6 / sq miThis ZIP909.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments862This ZIP862
Employees11,274This ZIP11,274
Annual payroll$909,336,000This ZIP$909,336,000
Tax returns filed20,520This ZIP20,520
Total adjusted gross income$1,827,553,000This ZIP$1,827,553,000

Land area

Land area42.44 sq miThis ZIP42.44 sq mi
Water area7.59 sq miThis ZIP7.59 sq mi

Other place names in 30542

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

ZIP codes near 30542

ZIPCityDistance
30566 Oakwood, GA 4.1 mi
30504 Gainesville, GA 6.1 mi
30519 Buford, GA 6.7 mi
30502 Chestnut Mountain, GA 7.0 mi
30518 Buford, GA 7.2 mi
30517 Braselton, GA 7.3 mi
30507 Gainesville, GA 9.9 mi
30548 Hoschton, GA 10.5 mi
30041 Cumming, GA 10.7 mi
30501 Gainesville, GA 11.1 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 30542 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 30542?

30542 is in Flowery Branch, Georgia, in Hall County, part of the Gainesville, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.1798, -83.9101.

What county is 30542 in?

30542 lies in Hall County.

What area code is 30542?

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

What time zone is 30542 in?

30542 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 30542?

About 38,605 people live in ZIP code 30542, in 13,654 households, at 909.6 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 30542?

$99,648 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 30542?

The closest are 30566 (4.1 mi), 30504 (6.1 mi), 30519 (6.7 mi), 30502 (7 mi) and 30518 (7.2 mi).

Is 30542 a PO Box ZIP code?

30542 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “30542 ZIP Code — Flowery Branch, Georgia (Hall County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/30542

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/30542.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.