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30817

ZIP 30817 is Lincolnton, Georgia, mostly in Lincoln County; area codes 762 and 706; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lincoln +1 more
Population
7,560
Coordinates
33.7784, -82.4302
☼ Live from 30817 — Lincolnton, GA

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Where 30817 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 30817
  • 🔢 Type 30817 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIBOE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 30817 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100001100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 30816 (Keysville, GA, 45 mi away) and 30818 (Matthews, GA, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 30817 becomes 71803, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01378, 03781, 03817, 03871, 07831, 08317, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83701 in Boise, ID, 1,931 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯984 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 30817 and you would come out at 33.78°S, 97.57°E — 1,068 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 191.2 square miles of land, 30817 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 145 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,560This ZIP7,560
Households2,883This ZIP2,883
Housing units4,134This ZIP4,134
Median age47.5This ZIP47.5Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$57,089This ZIP$57,089Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$173,200This ZIP$173,200Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$790This ZIP$790Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.0%This ZIP15.0%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density39.5 / sq miThis ZIP39.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments159This ZIP159
Employees873This ZIP873
Annual payroll$33,013,000This ZIP$33,013,000
Tax returns filed3,350This ZIP3,350
Total adjusted gross income$226,571,000This ZIP$226,571,000

Land area

Land area191.24 sq miThis ZIP191.24 sq mi
Water area38.68 sq miThis ZIP38.68 sq mi

Counties 30817 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lincoln County 98.0%
Wilkes County 2.0%

Other place names in 30817

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

ZIP codes near 30817

ZIPCityDistance
29844 Parksville, SC 12.4 mi
29835 Mc Cormick, SC 12.5 mi
29845 Plum Branch, SC 12.9 mi
30802 Appling, GA 14.3 mi
29899 Mc Cormick, SC 14.6 mi
29838 Modoc, SC 16.2 mi
29840 Mount Carmel, SC 16.4 mi
30673 Washington, GA 16.8 mi
30668 Tignall, GA 17.3 mi
30806 Boneville, GA 17.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 30817?

30817 is in Lincolnton, Georgia, in Lincoln County, part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7784, -82.4302.

What county is 30817 in?

30817 spans 2 counties: Lincoln County and Wilkes County. Most of it falls in Lincoln 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 30817?

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

What time zone is 30817 in?

30817 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 30817?

About 7,560 people live in ZIP code 30817, in 2,883 households, at 39.5 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 30817?

$57,089 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 30817?

The closest are 29844 (12.4 mi), 29835 (12.5 mi), 29845 (12.9 mi), 30802 (14.3 mi) and 29899 (14.6 mi).

Is 30817 a PO Box ZIP code?

30817 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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