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31720

ZIP 31720 is Barwick, Georgia, mostly in Brooks County; area code 229; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brooks +1 more
Metro area
Valdosta, GA
Population
398
Coordinates
30.8782, -83.7246
☼ Live from 31720 — Barwick, GA

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Where 31720 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 31720
  • 🔢 Type 31720 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZLIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,720 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 13 × 61. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111101111101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31719 (Americus, GA, 91 mi away) and 31721 (Albany, GA, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31720 becomes 02713 — and that is a real ZIP code: Cuttyhunk, MA, 1,020 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01237, 02137, 02713, 03217, 10273, 12037, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03217 in Ashland, NH, 1,106 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯1,038 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31720 and you would come out at 30.88°S, 96.28°E — 1,156 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 09m.
  • 📏 At 4.6 square miles of land, 31720 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population398This ZIP398
Households175This ZIP175
Housing units193This ZIP193
Median age47.3This ZIP47.3Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$29,821This ZIP$29,821Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$58,300This ZIP$58,300Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$783This ZIP$783Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.8%This ZIP8.8%
Mean commute24.2 minThis ZIP24.2 min
Population density85.9 / sq miThis ZIP85.9 / sq mi

Land area

Land area4.64 sq miThis ZIP4.64 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Counties 31720 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Brooks County 92.8%
Thomas County 7.2%

Other place names in 31720

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

ZIP codes near 31720

ZIPCityDistance
31629 Dixie, GA 4.7 mi
31778 Pavo, GA 6.8 mi
31626 Boston, GA 8.5 mi
31757 Thomasville, GA 10.6 mi
31643 Quitman, GA 12.3 mi
31638 Morven, GA 12.7 mi
31738 Coolidge, GA 12.9 mi
31722 Berlin, GA 13.5 mi
31625 Barney, GA 14.2 mi
31758 Thomasville, GA 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31720?

31720 is in Barwick, Georgia, in Brooks County, part of the Valdosta, GA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.8782, -83.7246.

What county is 31720 in?

31720 spans 2 counties: Brooks County and Thomas County. Most of it falls in Brooks 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 31720?

Barwick uses area code 229, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31720 in?

31720 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 31720?

About 398 people live in ZIP code 31720, in 175 households, at 85.9 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 31720?

$29,821 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 31720?

The closest are 31629 (4.7 mi), 31778 (6.8 mi), 31626 (8.5 mi), 31757 (10.6 mi) and 31643 (12.3 mi).

Is 31720 a PO Box ZIP code?

31720 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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