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31905

ZIP 31905 is in Fort Benning, Georgia, mostly in Chattahoochee County; area codes 706 and 762; Eastern time. Fort Benning has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 31995.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chattahoochee +1 more
Metro area
Columbus, GA-AL
Population
15,157
Coordinates
32.3728, -84.8434
☼ Live from 31905 — Fort Benning, GA

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Where 31905 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 31905
  • 🔢 Type 31905 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOGIE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 31,905 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 709. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111110010100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 31904 (Columbus, GA, 16 mi away) and 31906 (Columbus, GA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 31905 becomes 50913, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09351, 10953, 13905, 15930, 19035, 19053, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09351 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,710 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯922 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 31905 and you would come out at 32.37°S, 95.16°E — 1,209 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
  • 📏 At 91.1 square miles of land, 31905 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 69 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,157This ZIP15,157
Households2,880This ZIP2,880
Housing units3,571This ZIP3,571
Median age22.9This ZIP22.9Georgia37.6US 38.9
Median household income$75,236This ZIP$75,236Georgia$77,353US $80,734
Median gross rent$1,652This ZIP$1,652Georgia$1,393US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.4%This ZIP39.4%
Mean commute10.5 minThis ZIP10.5 min
Population density166.3 / sq miThis ZIP166.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments86This ZIP86
Employees2,569This ZIP2,569
Annual payroll$205,651,000This ZIP$205,651,000
Tax returns filed3,570This ZIP3,570
Total adjusted gross income$210,188,000This ZIP$210,188,000

Land area

Land area91.13 sq miThis ZIP91.13 sq mi
Water area0.99 sq miThis ZIP0.99 sq mi

Counties 31905 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Chattahoochee County 81.0%
Muscogee County 19.0%

Other place names in 31905

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

ZIP codes near 31905

ZIPCityDistance
31903 Columbus, GA 7.1 mi
31914 Columbus, GA 8.4 mi
31917 Columbus, GA 8.4 mi
31997 Columbus, GA 8.4 mi
31998 Columbus, GA 8.4 mi
31907 Columbus, GA 8.4 mi
31906 Columbus, GA 9.1 mi
31805 Cusseta, GA 9.7 mi
31901 Columbus, GA 10.2 mi
31999 Columbus, GA 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 31905?

31905 is in Fort Benning, Georgia, in Chattahoochee County, part of the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.3728, -84.8434.

What county is 31905 in?

31905 spans 2 counties: Chattahoochee County and Muscogee County. Most of it falls in Chattahoochee 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 31905?

Fort Benning uses area codes 706 and 762, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 31905 in?

31905 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 31905?

About 15,157 people live in ZIP code 31905, in 2,880 households, at 166.3 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 31905?

$75,236 a year, against $77,353 across Georgia.

What ZIP codes are near 31905?

The closest are 31903 (7.1 mi), 31914 (8.4 mi), 31917 (8.4 mi), 31997 (8.4 mi) and 31998 (8.4 mi).

Is 31905 a PO Box ZIP code?

31905 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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