331

Aurora, Illinois

Illinois · Central (UTC-6) · · 16 cities

Major City
Aurora
Time Zone
Central (UTC-6)
Current Local Time
Cities Served
16
Additional Details
Established
2007
Type
Overlay
Active Prefixes
236
Wireless Lines
45%

About Area Code 331

Area code 331 was introduced in 2007 as an overlay code, sharing the same geographic region as an existing area code to meet growing demand for phone numbers in the Aurora area. The area is in the Central time zone. It covers 16 cities and communities including Aurora, Batavia, Carol Stream, Downers Grove, Elmhurst and 11 more.

Phone Number Prefixes in Area Code 331

236 active NXX prefixes — 45% wireless, 55% landline. Each prefix (NXX) represents up to 10,000 phone numbers.

T-Mobile 38 (16%)Onvoy 38 (16%)Verizon Wireless 32 (14%)AT&T Mobility 25 (11%)Fractel 18 (8%)
PrefixCarrierTypeRate Center
331-200T-MobileWirelessBartlett
331-201Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-202Metro by T-MobileWirelessElmhurst
331-203T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-204OnvoyLandlineNaperville
331-205T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-206T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-207Lumen/Level 3LandlineYorkville
331-208T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-209Lumen/Level 3LandlineElmhurst
331-210Peerless Network Of IllinoisLandlineSt Charles
331-211Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-212MCI/VerizonWirelessAurora
331-213Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-214Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-215Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-216AT&T MobilityWirelessOswego
331-217OnvoyLandlineLombard
331-218T-MobileWirelessWheaton
331-219TelnyxLandlineAurora
331-220T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-221AT&T (IL Bell)LandlineElmhurst
331-222AT&T MobilityWirelessSt Charles
331-223AT&T MobilityWirelessSt Charles
331-224OnvoyLandlineItasca
331-225Metro by T-MobileWirelessElmhurst
331-226T-MobileWirelessNaperville
331-227Verizon WirelessWirelessSugargrove
331-228Paetec ItelLandlineSt Charles
331-229Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-230T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-231AT&T MobilityWirelessNaperville
331-232AT&T MobilityWirelessW Chicago
331-233TelnyxLandlineDownersgrv
331-234Verizon WirelessWirelessSugargrove
331-235AT&T MobilityWirelessSt Charles
331-236T-MobileWirelessWheaton
331-237MCI/VerizonWirelessNaperville
331-238Teleport Communications AmericaLandlineDownersgrv
331-239OnvoyLandlineYorkville
331-240Peerless Network Of IllinoisLandlineW Chicago
331-241OnvoyLandlineLombard
331-242T-MobileWirelessLombard
331-243T-MobileWirelessLombard
331-244OnvoyLandlineNaperville
331-245T-MobileWirelessBartlett
331-246T-MobileWirelessLemont
331-247VonageLandlineNaperville
331-248ComcastLandlineGeneva
331-249OnvoyLandlineNaperville
331-250T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-251Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-252Teleport Communications AmericaLandlineWarrenvl
331-253T-MobileWirelessLemont
331-254T-MobileWirelessSugargrove
331-255OnvoyLandlineAurora
331-256Verizon WirelessWirelessAurora
331-257AT&T MobilityWirelessAurora
331-258OnvoyLandlineAurora
331-259Peerless Network Of IllinoisLandlineSugargrove
331-260Teleport Communications AmericaLandlineDownersgrv
331-261T-MobileWirelessLemont
331-262T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-263OnvoyLandlineItasca
331-264Lumen/Level 3LandlineHinsdale
331-265OnvoyLandlineGeneva
331-266AT&T MobilityWirelessSt Charles
331-267VonageLandlineLombard
331-268T-MobileWirelessSugargrove
331-269T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-270OnvoyLandlineAurora
331-271OnvoyLandlineHinsdale
331-272OnvoyLandlineSt Charles
331-273OnvoyLandlineLemont
331-274T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-275T-MobileWirelessBartlett
331-276Verizon WirelessWirelessSt Charles
331-277AT&T MobilityWirelessLombard
331-278AT&T MobilityWirelessAurora
331-279Paetec ItelLandlineElmhurst
331-280Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-281AT&T (IL Bell)LandlineNaperville
331-282OnvoyLandlineHinsdale
331-283T-MobileWirelessGeneva
331-284T-MobileWirelessBartlett
331-285Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-286Verizon WirelessWirelessSt Charles
331-287Bandwidth.comLandlineAurora
331-288Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineElburn
331-289T-MobileWirelessHinsdale
331-290Verizon WirelessWirelessAurora
331-291Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-292SpectrumLandlineDownersgrv
331-293AT&T MobilityWirelessAurora
331-294Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-295NusoLandlineAurora
331-296Boost SubscribercoWirelessWheaton
331-297OnvoyLandlineBatavia
331-298OnvoyLandlineNaperville
331-299FractelLandlineHinsdale
331-300T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-301Metro by T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-302Verizon WirelessWirelessAurora
331-303Bandwidth.comLandlineElburn
331-304T-MobileWirelessBartlett
331-305Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-306OnvoyLandlineDownersgrv
331-307T-MobileWirelessLombard
331-308Bandwidth.comLandlineBartlett
331-309CommioLandlineLemont
331-310Bandwidth.comLandlineBig Rock
331-311Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-312Verizon WirelessWirelessAurora
331-313SpectrumLandlineNaperville
331-314Verizon WirelessWirelessSt Charles
331-315AT&T MobilityWirelessLombard
331-316CommioLandlineNaperville
331-317CommioLandlineHinsdale
331-318Bandwidth.comLandlineLemont
331-319OnvoyLandlineAurora
331-320OnvoyLandlineBartlett
331-321T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-322OnvoyLandlineLombard
331-323OnvoyLandlineGlen Ellyn
331-324OnvoyLandlineYorkville
331-325SpectrumLandlineLemont
331-326OnvoyLandlineDownersgrv
331-327Verizon WirelessWirelessSt Charles
331-328AT&T MobilityWirelessNaperville
331-329OnvoyLandlineAurora
331-330AT&T MobilityWirelessNaperville
331-331OnvoyLandlineAurora
331-332AT&T MobilityWirelessNaperville
331-333AT&T MobilityWirelessNaperville
331-334OnvoyLandlineBatavia
331-335AT&T MobilityWirelessSt Charles
331-336FractelLandlineAurora
331-337AT&T MobilityWirelessOswego
331-338SpectrumLandlineAurora
331-339Verizon WirelessWirelessAurora
331-340OnvoyLandlineItasca
331-341OnvoyLandlinePlano
331-342Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-343OnvoyLandlineDownersgrv
331-344OnvoyLandlineW Chicago
331-345FractelLandlineNaperville
331-348FractelLandlineElburn
331-356FractelLandlineBartlett
331-373Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineOswego
331-385AT&T MobilityWirelessAurora
331-388FractelLandlineSugargrove
331-399FractelLandlineDownersgrv
331-400FractelLandlineOswego
331-401Lumen/Level 3LandlineNaperville
331-411Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-422Lumen/Level 3LandlineSt Charles
331-425T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-426Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineLemont
331-431Bandwidth.comLandlineAurora
331-442Verizon WirelessWirelessSt Charles
331-444Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-452Verizon WirelessWirelessAurora
331-454AT&T MobilityWirelessAurora
331-456First CommunicationsLandlineRoselle
331-457Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-462MCI/VerizonWirelessLombard
331-465AT&T MobilityWirelessW Chicago
331-466Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineGlen Ellyn
331-472T-MobileWirelessNaperville
331-481Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-500FractelLandlineGeneva
331-511Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-529FractelLandlineNaperville
331-551AT&T MobilityWirelessLombard
331-555Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-575T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-588AT&T MobilityWirelessSt Charles
331-591Landline
331-600FractelLandlineWheaton
331-611Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-625Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-627Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineLombard
331-631SpectrumLandlineDownersgrv
331-642Bandwidth.comLandlineElmhurst
331-643Metro by T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-645Metro by T-MobileWirelessElmhurst
331-666OnvoyLandlineAurora
331-684Rcn Telecom Services Of IlliniosLandlineAurora
331-688Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineNaperville
331-700Landline
331-701Verizon WirelessWirelessNaperville
331-702MCI/VerizonWirelessNaperville
331-703T-MobileWirelessW Chicago
331-704Bandwidth.comLandlineKaneville
331-707T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-711Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-716OnvoyLandlineWheaton
331-717AT&T MobilityWirelessOswego
331-725AT&T MobilityWirelessOswego
331-732FractelLandlineGeneva
331-746Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineKaneville
331-757T-MobileWirelessLemont
331-758FractelLandlineAurora
331-771OnvoyLandlineSt Charles
331-775ComcastLandlineDownersgrv
331-777Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-788FractelLandlineGeneva
331-800OnvoyLandlineW Chicago
331-801Teleport Communications AmericaLandlineDownersgrv
331-803Peerless Network Of IllinoisLandlineLemont
331-806ComcastLandlineWheaton
331-808Bandwidth.comLandlinePlano
331-811Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-814T-MobileWirelessNaperville
331-825Digital Network Access CommunicationsLandlineGeneva
331-826Metro by T-MobileWirelessElmhurst
331-837Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineW Chicago
331-850OnvoyLandlineBig Rock
331-866Ton80 CommunicationsLandlineWheaton
331-867FractelLandlineYorkville
331-871OnvoyLandlineW Chicago
331-888Peerless Network Of IllinoisLandlineWarrenvl
331-899FractelLandlineLombard
331-900FractelLandlineElmhurst
331-901Bandwidth.comLandlineSt Charles
331-903AT&TLandlineDownersgrv
331-911Multiple Ocn ListingLandline
331-946FractelLandlineGlen Ellyn
331-950Landline
331-958Landline
331-959Landline
331-976Landline
331-979ComcastLandlineElmhurst
331-980T-MobileWirelessAurora
331-998Verizon WirelessWirelessDownersgrv
331-999Bandwidth.comLandlineOswego

All 17 area codes in Illinois

331217224309312447464618630708730773779815847861872

About Area Code 331

Area code 331 showed up in 2007, right when Illinois' suburbs were booming. Picture this: Aurora, that lively spot west of Chicago, was growing fast with new families moving in and businesses popping up everywhere. The old area code, 630, was running out of numbers, so 331 came along as an overlay to keep things going. That means if you're in Aurora or places like Batavia and Geneva, you might still have a 630 number, but now folks can snag a 331 one too without changing their location. It's all about handling the demand in this neck of the woods, where commuter trains zip people into the city and quiet neighborhoods blend with strip malls. With 16 cities under its belt, including spots like Downers Grove and Elmhurst, 331 covers a slice of northeastern Illinois that's all about that suburban vibe. Think family-friendly parks in Glen Ellyn or the historic charm of Lisle. What makes 331 stand out? It's not just another code; it's a sign of how these areas keep evolving, with new tech and services popping up to support the daily grind. Back then, the decision to add it was straightforward—more people meant more phones, and Illinois wasn't about to let anyone go without a line. So, whether you're calling about a local event in Carol Stream or chatting with neighbors in Elmhurst, 331 keeps the connections flowing in this Central Time Zone corner of the state.

⚠ Scam & Spam Alert for 331

If you're in the 331 area, you might get calls that sound official but are anything but. IRS scams are common around here, with callers pretending to be from the government and demanding immediate payment for supposed back taxes. Then there's the auto warranty racket, where someone claims your car's coverage is about to expire and pressures you to buy extended protection on the spot. Medicare fraud hits older residents hard, with scammers offering fake services or equipment to steal personal info. It's the same old tricks, but they keep trying. Don't fall for it; these calls often use spoofed numbers to look local. A simple tip: Always check the caller's identity yourself by looking up the official contact info and calling back directly. That way, you sidestep the hassle and keep your info safe.

Local Snapshot

Aurora's population hovers around 200,000, making it a solid hub in Illinois' suburbs. Manufacturing and logistics drive the economy here, with factories and warehouses keeping things humming along the interstates. The area's famous for its arts scene, like the Paramount Theatre, where you can catch a Broadway show without heading into Chicago. And here's a quirky fact: Aurora sits along the Fox River, which draws kayakers and fishers, turning this inland spot into a unexpected outdoor playground.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is area code 331?
Area code 331 serves Aurora and surrounding communities in Illinois, including Aurora, Batavia, Carol Stream, Downers Grove, Elmhurst and 11 more. It is in the Central time zone.
What cities are in area code 331?
Area code 331 covers 16 cities in Illinois: Aurora, Batavia, Carol Stream, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Geneva, Glen Ellyn, Lisle, Lombard, Naperville, and 6 more
What time zone is 331?
Area code 331 is in the Central time zone (UTC-6).
When was area code 331 created?
Area code 331 was established in 2007 as an overlay to provide additional numbers for the region.
Is 331 a legitimate area code?
Yes, 331 is a valid, active area code assigned to Aurora, Illinois. However, scammers can spoof any area code, so receiving a call from 331 doesn't guarantee the caller is actually in this area.

What is the historical significance of Aurora in relation to area code 331?

Aurora, as the primary city for area code 331, played a key role in the region's growth that led to the code's establishment in 2007. The city has a strong railroad history, influencing its development and the need for additional phone numbers. This overlay helped accommodate the expanding population in the western Chicago suburbs.

How does the Central Time Zone impact daily life in the cities served by area code 331?

The Central Time Zone means residents in cities like Batavia and Geneva adjust clocks for daylight saving, affecting routines such as work and school schedules. This timezone aligns with major Midwest hubs, making coordination easier for local businesses and events. It also influences communication with other regions during standard time periods.

What local industries are prominent in the areas covered by area code 331?

Manufacturing and healthcare sectors are significant in places like Downers Grove and Elmhurst, drawing from the region's industrial roots. Educational institutions, such as those in Glen Ellyn, contribute to the local economy by providing jobs and training. These industries have grown since the area code's introduction, supporting the community's development.