| City: | Columbus, Georgia |
| Names to Avoid: | Cols |
| County: | Muscogee County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:25:38 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 706 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 32.5564, -84.7387 |
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ZIP code 31917 serves a business district along Macon Road in Columbus, Georgia. This isn't a residential neighborhood. The ZIP has zero population within its boundaries, functioning instead as a dedicated postal facility for commercial operations.
The post office maintains 402 PO Boxes and delivers to 196 business locations, all concentrated on a single street: Macon Road. With 1,152 delivery records showing unit designations, this pattern indicates a large multi-tenant facility or business park where individual suites receive separate mail. Think office complexes, warehousing operations, or commercial centers where multiple businesses share a single street address.
While classified as a PO Box ZIP, 31917 operates with both PO Box services and street delivery to business units. Columbus has multiple ZIP codes serving different parts of the city. This particular ZIP sits within the boundaries of ZIP 31907 and focuses on commercial mail operations rather than residential delivery.
Macon Road is the sole street, with all delivery going to numbered units at what appears to be a business complex.
ZIP Code 31917 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 54 people with an annual payroll of $9,472,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 572Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,616,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $9,472,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 54Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 31917 is located in Muscogee County, Georgia, within the Columbus, GA-AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 17980) and Georgia's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 294,865 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 31917. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Columbus, GA-ALSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 17980Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 294,865Source: Census |
| MSA: | Columbus, GA-AL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 9626.23 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1319000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Columbus city; GeorgiaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 31917 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.