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Area code 254
Area code 254 is centred on Waco, Texas. We hold 5,207 allocated blocks for it across 111 rate centres, split 42% mobile, 37% landline and 21% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 254
Area code 254 is not a city code. It covers 111 separate rate centres — billing areas, each its own local calling zone. The largest of them are named in the table below.
That matters twice over. A call between two 254 numbers is not necessarily a local call, because they can sit in different rate centres. And a code this wide narrows a subscriber to a region rather than a town.
Texas is split across 28 area codes — 346, 832, 469, 210, 956, 254 and others. By allocated blocks 254 is the 12th largest of them, holding 4% of the Texas total.
Where 254 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Stephenvl and China Spg are shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 254 |
|---|---|---|
| Waco | 752 | 14% |
| Killeen | 694 | 13% |
| Temple | 369 | 7% |
| Copperascv | 126 | 2% |
| Hillsboro | 120 | 2% |
| Marlin | 109 | 2% |
| Stephenvl | 104 | 2% |
| Eastland | 95 | 2% |
| Gatesville | 92 | 2% |
| Breckenrdg | 89 | 2% |
| Cameron | 82 | 2% |
| Mexia | 80 | 2% |
| Belton | 71 | 1% |
| Strawn | 61 | 1% |
| China Spg | 53 | 1% |
| Salado | 52 | 1% |
| Glen Rose | 49 | 1% |
| Gordon | 42 | 1% |
| Cisco | 41 | 1% |
| Mcgregor | 41 | 1% |
| Ranger | 41 | 1% |
| Nolanville | 40 | 1% |
| Eddy | 39 | 1% |
| Meridian | 39 | 1% |
87 further rate centres in 254 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 254 blocks
Onvoy948 blocks
AT&T Wireless839 blocks
Southwestern Bell392 blocks
Verizon Wireless262 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.250 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.225 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 18% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 254 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 254 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 254?
Area code 254 is centred on Waco, Texas and spans 111 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 254 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 254 the split runs 42% mobile, 37% landline and 21% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 254 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Southwestern Bell. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 254 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,207 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 254 covers on the order of 5,207,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.