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31801

ZIP 31801 is Box Springs, Georgia, mostly in Marion County; area code 706; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Marion +2 more
Metro area
Columbus, GA-AL
Population
3,015
Coordinates
32.5193, -84.5948
☼ Live from 31801 — Box Springs, GA

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Where 31801 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 31801
  • 🔢 Type 31801 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOBIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,801 = 7 × 7 × 11 × 59. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111110000111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31799 (Thomasville, GA, 122 mi away) and 31803 (Buena Vista, GA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31801 becomes 10813, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01138, 01813, 01831, 03811, 08311, 10138, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83011 in Kelly, WY, 1,596 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯927 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31801 and you would come out at 32.52°S, 95.41°E — 1,194 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
  • 📏 At 86.1 square miles of land, 31801 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 65 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,015This ZIP3,015
Households1,256This ZIP1,256
Housing units1,326This ZIP1,326
Median age48.3This ZIP48.3Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$53,799This ZIP$53,799Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$201,700This ZIP$201,700Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$707This ZIP$707Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%This ZIP20.6%
Mean commute36.5 minThis ZIP36.5 min
Population density35.0 / sq miThis ZIP35.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees149This ZIP149
Annual payroll$7,431,000This ZIP$7,431,000
Tax returns filed1,130This ZIP1,130
Total adjusted gross income$62,775,000This ZIP$62,775,000

Land area

Land area86.07 sq miThis ZIP86.07 sq mi
Water area0.44 sq miThis ZIP0.44 sq mi

Counties 31801 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Marion County 65.0%
Talbot County 32.6%
Muscogee County 2.4%

Other place names in 31801

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

ZIP codes near 31801

ZIPCityDistance
31810 Geneva, GA 5.3 mi
31829 Upatoi, GA 8.3 mi
31058 Mauk, GA 10.9 mi
31831 Waverly Hall, GA 12.0 mi
31812 Junction City, GA 12.7 mi
31827 Talbotton, GA 13.3 mi
31039 Howard, GA 13.9 mi
31820 Midland, GA 14.2 mi
31807 Ellerslie, GA 15.0 mi
31803 Buena Vista, GA 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31801?

31801 is in Box Springs, Georgia, in Marion County, part of the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5193, -84.5948.

What county is 31801 in?

31801 spans 3 counties: Marion County, Talbot County and Muscogee County. Most of it falls in Marion 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 31801?

Box Springs uses area code 706, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31801 in?

31801 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 31801?

About 3,015 people live in ZIP code 31801, in 1,256 households, at 35.0 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 31801?

$53,799 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 31801?

The closest are 31810 (5.3 mi), 31829 (8.3 mi), 31058 (10.9 mi), 31831 (12 mi) and 31812 (12.7 mi).

Is 31801 a PO Box ZIP code?

31801 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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