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31831

ZIP 31831 is Waverly Hall, Georgia, mostly in Harris County; area code 706; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Harris +1 more
Metro area
Columbus, GA-AL
Population
4,446
Coordinates
32.6669, -84.7048
☼ Live from 31831 — Waverly Hall, GA

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Where 31831 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 31831
  • 🔢 Type 31831 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEBIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,831 = 139 × 229. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111110001010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31830 (Warm Springs, GA, 16 mi away) and 31832 (Weston, GA, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31831 becomes 13813 — and that is a real ZIP code: Nineveh, NY, 826 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13138, 13318, 13813, 18331, 31318, 33181, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83311 in Albion, ID, 1,708 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯916 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31831 and you would come out at 32.67°S, 95.30°E — 1,200 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
  • 📏 At 73.4 square miles of land, 31831 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 56 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,446This ZIP4,446
Households1,470This ZIP1,470
Housing units1,710This ZIP1,710
Median age38.5This ZIP38.5Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$98,214This ZIP$98,214Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median home value$300,800This ZIP$300,800Georgia$303,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,045This ZIP$1,045Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.3%This ZIP33.3%
Mean commute32.5 minThis ZIP32.5 min
Population density60.6 / sq miThis ZIP60.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees247This ZIP247
Annual payroll$8,409,000This ZIP$8,409,000
Tax returns filed1,680This ZIP1,680
Total adjusted gross income$125,760,000This ZIP$125,760,000

Land area

Land area73.41 sq miThis ZIP73.41 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Counties 31831 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Harris County 62.3%
Talbot County 37.7%

Other place names in 31831

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

ZIP codes near 31831

ZIPCityDistance
31807 Ellerslie, GA 6.0 mi
31829 Upatoi, GA 7.1 mi
31826 Shiloh, GA 9.2 mi
31820 Midland, GA 9.6 mi
31804 Cataula, GA 10.1 mi
31823 Pine Mountain Valley, GA 11.0 mi
31827 Talbotton, GA 11.9 mi
31801 Box Springs, GA 12.0 mi
31810 Geneva, GA 12.5 mi
31836 Woodland, GA 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31831?

31831 is in Waverly Hall, Georgia, in Harris County, part of the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.6669, -84.7048.

What county is 31831 in?

31831 spans 2 counties: Harris County and Talbot County. Most of it falls in Harris 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 31831?

Waverly Hall uses area code 706, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31831 in?

31831 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 31831?

About 4,446 people live in ZIP code 31831, in 1,470 households, at 60.6 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 31831?

$98,214 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 31831?

The closest are 31807 (6 mi), 31829 (7.1 mi), 31826 (9.2 mi), 31820 (9.6 mi) and 31804 (10.1 mi).

Is 31831 a PO Box ZIP code?

31831 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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