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31527

ZIP 31527 is Jekyll Island, Georgia, in Glynn County; area code 912; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Glynn
Population
769
Coordinates
31.0751, -81.4160
☼ Live from 31527 — Jekyll Island, GA

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Where 31527 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 31527
  • 🔢 Type 31527 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZSIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,527 = 3 × 3 × 31 × 113. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111101100100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31525 (Brunswick, GA, 18 mi away) and 31532 (Denton, GA, 90 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31527 becomes 72513 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ash Flat, AR, 687 miles away.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12537, 13752, 15237, 15327, 15723, 15732, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57312 in Alpena, SD, 1,293 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯1,137 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31527 and you would come out at 31.08°S, 98.58°E — 1,018 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 08m.
  • 📏 At 9.7 square miles of land, 31527 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population769This ZIP769
Households539This ZIP539
Housing units1,284This ZIP1,284
Median age70.1This ZIP70.1Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median home value$590,000This ZIP$590,000Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher80.4%This ZIP80.4%
Population density79.0 / sq miThis ZIP79.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments49This ZIP49
Employees1,020This ZIP1,020
Annual payroll$35,158,000This ZIP$35,158,000
Tax returns filed430This ZIP430
Total adjusted gross income$57,880,000This ZIP$57,880,000

Land area

Land area9.74 sq miThis ZIP9.74 sq mi
Water area6.77 sq miThis ZIP6.77 sq mi

Other place names in 31527

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

ZIP codes near 31527

ZIPCityDistance
31521 Brunswick, GA 6.8 mi
31520 Brunswick, GA 8.3 mi
31561 Sea Island, GA 11.2 mi
31524 Brunswick, GA 11.9 mi
31522 Saint Simons Island, GA 13.3 mi
31565 Waverly, GA 13.5 mi
31523 Brunswick, GA 15.2 mi
31525 Brunswick, GA 18.2 mi
31558 Saint Marys, GA 19.6 mi
31305 Darien, GA 20.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31527?

31527 is in Jekyll Island, Georgia, in Glynn County, part of the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.0751, -81.4160.

What county is 31527 in?

31527 lies in Glynn County.

What area code is 31527?

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

What time zone is 31527 in?

31527 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 31527?

About 769 people live in ZIP code 31527, in 539 households, at 79.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 31527?

The closest are 31521 (6.8 mi), 31520 (8.3 mi), 31561 (11.2 mi), 31524 (11.9 mi) and 31522 (13.3 mi).

Is 31527 a PO Box ZIP code?

31527 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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