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31542

ZIP 31542 is Hoboken, Georgia, in Brantley County; area code 912; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brantley
Population
2,635
Coordinates
31.1427, -82.1194
☼ Live from 31542 — Hoboken, GA

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Where 31542 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 31542
  • 🔢 Type 31542 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhSIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,542 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 751. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111101100110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31539 (Hazlehurst, GA, 54 mi away) and 31543 (Hortense, GA, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31542 becomes 24513 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lynchburg, VA, 455 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12345, 12435, 12453, 12534, 12543, 13425, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51243 in Little Rock, IA, 1,135 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,101 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31542 and you would come out at 31.14°S, 97.88°E — 1,059 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 07m.
  • 📏 At 81.4 square miles of land, 31542 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,635This ZIP2,635
Households981This ZIP981
Housing units1,384This ZIP1,384
Median age38.1This ZIP38.1Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$50,938This ZIP$50,938Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$122,500This ZIP$122,500Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$463This ZIP$463Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher4.2%This ZIP4.2%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density32.4 / sq miThis ZIP32.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments33This ZIP33
Employees270This ZIP270
Annual payroll$15,201,000This ZIP$15,201,000
Tax returns filed1,020This ZIP1,020
Total adjusted gross income$62,339,000This ZIP$62,339,000

Land area

Land area81.36 sq miThis ZIP81.36 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Other place names in 31542

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

ZIP codes near 31542

ZIPCityDistance
31553 Nahunta, GA 8.3 mi
31516 Blackshear, GA 14.0 mi
31501 Waycross, GA 14.7 mi
31502 Waycross, GA 14.8 mi
31537 Folkston, GA 15.3 mi
31557 Patterson, GA 16.1 mi
31503 Waycross, GA 16.8 mi
31556 Offerman, GA 18.1 mi
31566 Waynesville, GA 18.8 mi
31543 Hortense, GA 19.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31542?

31542 is in Hoboken, Georgia, in Brantley County, part of the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.1427, -82.1194.

What county is 31542 in?

31542 lies in Brantley County.

What area code is 31542?

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

What time zone is 31542 in?

31542 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 31542?

About 2,635 people live in ZIP code 31542, in 981 households, at 32.4 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 31542?

$50,938 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 31542?

The closest are 31553 (8.3 mi), 31516 (14 mi), 31501 (14.7 mi), 31502 (14.8 mi) and 31537 (15.3 mi).

Is 31542 a PO Box ZIP code?

31542 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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