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31502

ZIP 31502 is in Waycross, Georgia, in Ware County; area code 912; Eastern time. Waycross has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 31501 and 31503.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Ware
Metro area
Waycross, GA
Coordinates
31.2137, -82.3557

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 31501, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 31502 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 31502
  • 🔢 Type 31502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOSIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,502 = 2 × 19 × 829. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111101100001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31501 (Waycross, GA, 1 mi away) and 31503 (Waycross, GA, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31502 becomes 20513, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01235, 01253, 01523, 01532, 02135, 02153, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51230 in Alvord, IA, 1,134 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯1,087 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31502 and you would come out at 31.21°S, 97.64°E — 1,072 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees460This ZIP460
Annual payroll$20,387,000This ZIP$20,387,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 31502

ZIPCityDistance
31501 Waycross, GA 1.1 mi
31503 Waycross, GA 3.7 mi
31564 Waresboro, GA 7.2 mi
31516 Blackshear, GA 9.0 mi
31542 Hoboken, GA 14.8 mi
31550 Manor, GA 14.9 mi
31552 Millwood, GA 15.3 mi
31557 Patterson, GA 18.8 mi
31556 Offerman, GA 19.4 mi
31623 Argyle, GA 19.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31502?

31502 is in Waycross, Georgia, in Ware County, part of the Waycross, GA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.2137, -82.3557.

What county is 31502 in?

31502 lies in Ware County.

What area code is 31502?

Waycross uses area code 912, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31502 in?

31502 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 31502?

The closest are 31501 (1.1 mi), 31503 (3.7 mi), 31564 (7.2 mi), 31516 (9 mi) and 31542 (14.8 mi).

Is 31502 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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