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Area code 802
Area code 802 is centred on Burlington, Vermont. We hold 4,238 allocated blocks for it across 141 rate centres, split 26% mobile, 47% landline and 27% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 802
Area code 802 is not a city code. It covers 141 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 802 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.
802 is the only area code whose numbers sit mainly in Vermont. Every Vermont number therefore starts 802 unless it was issued in a border rate centre billed to a neighbouring code.
Where 802 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Essex Jct and St Albans 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 802 |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington | 511 | 12% |
| Rutland | 176 | 4% |
| Essex Jct | 150 | 4% |
| Montpelier | 138 | 3% |
| Brattlebo | 132 | 3% |
| St Albans | 120 | 3% |
| Wh Riv Jct | 118 | 3% |
| Barre | 108 | 3% |
| St Johnsby | 106 | 3% |
| Middlebury | 100 | 2% |
| Bennington | 83 | 2% |
| Bellowsfls | 70 | 2% |
| Newport | 55 | 1% |
| Arlington | 53 | 1% |
| Windsor | 50 | 1% |
| Solondodry | 46 | 1% |
| Waterbury | 46 | 1% |
| Manchester | 45 | 1% |
| Stowe | 42 | 1% |
| Underhill | 42 | 1% |
| Randolph | 37 | 1% |
| Wilmington | 37 | 1% |
| Vergennes | 36 | 1% |
| Woodstock | 35 | 1% |
117 further rate centres in 802 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 802 blocks
Onvoy689 blocks
Consolidated Communications Of Vermont Company564 blocks
Verizon Wireless360 blocks
Bandwidth358 blocks
AT&T Wireless299 blocks
Level 3 Communications, Llc227 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 16% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 802 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 802 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 802?
Area code 802 is centred on Burlington, Vermont and spans 141 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 802 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 802 the split runs 26% mobile, 47% landline and 27% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 802 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, Consolidated Communications Of Vermont Company, Verizon Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 802 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,238 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 802 covers on the order of 4,238,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.