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30562

ZIP 30562 is Mountain City, Georgia, in Rabun County; area codes 706 and 762; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rabun
Metro area
none
Population
866
Coordinates
34.9190, -83.3837
☼ Live from 30562 — Mountain City, GA

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Where 30562 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 30562
  • 🔢 Type 30562 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgSOE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 30,562 = 2 × 7 × 37 × 59. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111011101100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 30560 (Morganton, GA, 47 mi away) and 30563 (Mount Airy, GA, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 30562 becomes 26503, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02356, 02536, 02563, 02635, 02653, 03256, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56320 in Cold Spring, MN, 931 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯899 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 30562 and you would come out at 34.92°S, 96.62°E — 1,127 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 1.2 square miles of land, 30562 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 571 football fields.
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People and housing

Population866This ZIP866
Households338This ZIP338
Housing units422This ZIP422
Median age35.1This ZIP35.1Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$48,529This ZIP$48,529Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$169,300This ZIP$169,300Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,120This ZIP$1,120Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.3%This ZIP11.3%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density733.9 / sq miThis ZIP733.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees116This ZIP116
Annual payroll$5,789,000This ZIP$5,789,000

Land area

Land area1.18 sq miThis ZIP1.18 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 30562

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ZIP codes near 30562

ZIPCityDistance
30525 Clayton, GA 1.1 mi
30568 Rabun Gap, GA 2.9 mi
30537 Dillard, GA 5.1 mi
30576 Tiger, GA 7.0 mi
28775 Scaly Mountain, NC 7.8 mi
30581 Wiley, GA 8.8 mi
28763 Otto, NC 8.9 mi
29658 Long Creek, SC 11.2 mi
30552 Lakemont, GA 11.2 mi
30573 Tallulah Falls, GA 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 30562?

30562 is in Mountain City, Georgia, in Rabun County. Its published point location is 34.9190, -83.3837.

What county is 30562 in?

30562 lies in Rabun County.

What area code is 30562?

Mountain City uses area codes 706 and 762, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 30562 in?

30562 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 30562?

About 866 people live in ZIP code 30562, in 338 households, at 733.9 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 30562?

$48,529 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 30562?

The closest are 30525 (1.1 mi), 30568 (2.9 mi), 30537 (5.1 mi), 30576 (7 mi) and 28775 (7.8 mi).

Is 30562 a PO Box ZIP code?

30562 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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