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Wood River area codes

Wood River, in Madison County, Illinois, had a Census-estimated population of 29,442 in July 2024. All 11 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 618. 618 is part of an overlay with 730, so a new local number in Wood River may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Wood River is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 618 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Wood River

6 carriers hold the 11 exchanges assigned to Wood River's rate center. Illinois Bell Tel CO has the most, with 5. 8 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Wood River

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Wood River's rate center (WOOD RIVER). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 11 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Wood River's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Wood River numbers was added to the local supply.

How local numbers work in Wood River

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Wood River, those come from the WOOD RIVER rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 618 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Wood River is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, home to 2.8 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 69,470 business establishments in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area in 2023, employing 1,263,674 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (10,427), retail trade (8,095), and professional, scientific, and technical services (7,057).

Setting up a Wood River business line

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If you already have a number in Wood River, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

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