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30740

ZIP 30740 is Rocky Face, Georgia, mostly in Whitfield County; area codes 706 and 762; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Whitfield +1 more
Metro area
Dalton, GA
Population
8,556
Coordinates
34.7574, -85.0720
☼ Live from 30740 — Rocky Face, GA

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Where 30740 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 30740
  • 🔢 Type 30740 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhLOE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 30,740 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 29 × 53. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100000010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 30739 (Rock Spring, GA, 9 mi away) and 30741 (Rossville, GA, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 30740 becomes 04703, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00734, 03047, 03470, 03740, 04037, 04073, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34007 in APO AA, a military post office, 1,818 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯820 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 30740 and you would come out at 34.76°S, 94.93°E — 1,221 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 50.1 square miles of land, 30740 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 38 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,556This ZIP8,556
Households3,067This ZIP3,067
Housing units3,359This ZIP3,359
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$79,671This ZIP$79,671Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$242,600This ZIP$242,600Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$728This ZIP$728Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.9%This ZIP25.9%
Mean commute25.5 minThis ZIP25.5 min
Population density170.6 / sq miThis ZIP170.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments82This ZIP82
Employees433This ZIP433
Annual payroll$15,559,000This ZIP$15,559,000
Tax returns filed3,870This ZIP3,870
Total adjusted gross income$366,663,000This ZIP$366,663,000

Land area

Land area50.15 sq miThis ZIP50.15 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Counties 30740 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Whitfield County 92.0%
Walker County 8.1%

Other place names in 30740

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

ZIP codes near 30740

ZIPCityDistance
30720 Dalton, GA 4.4 mi
30719 Dalton, GA 5.8 mi
30722 Dalton, GA 6.9 mi
30755 Tunnel Hill, GA 7.9 mi
30739 Rock Spring, GA 8.8 mi
30721 Dalton, GA 9.6 mi
30728 La Fayette, GA 10.1 mi
30736 Ringgold, GA 10.6 mi
30756 Varnell, GA 11.4 mi
30746 Sugar Valley, GA 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 30740?

30740 is in Rocky Face, Georgia, in Whitfield County, part of the Dalton, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7574, -85.0720.

What county is 30740 in?

30740 spans 2 counties: Whitfield County and Walker County. Most of it falls in Whitfield 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 30740?

Rocky Face uses area codes 706 and 762, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 30740 in?

30740 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 30740?

About 8,556 people live in ZIP code 30740, in 3,067 households, at 170.6 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 30740?

$79,671 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 30740?

The closest are 30720 (4.4 mi), 30719 (5.8 mi), 30722 (6.9 mi), 30755 (7.9 mi) and 30739 (8.8 mi).

Is 30740 a PO Box ZIP code?

30740 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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