Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/15940

15940

ZIP 15940 is Loretto, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County; area codes 814 and 582; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cambria
Metro area
Johnstown, PA
Population
3,841
Coordinates
40.5265, -78.6436
☼ Live from 15940 — Loretto, PA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 15940 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 15940
  • 🔢 Type 15940 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhGSI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 15,940 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 797. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111001000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 15938 (Lilly, PA, 8 mi away) and 15942 (Mineral Point, PA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 15940 becomes 04951 — and that is a real ZIP code: Monroe, ME, 563 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01945, 04915, 04951, 05149, 05491, 09154, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09154 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,110 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,051 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 15940 and you would come out at 40.53°S, 101.36°E — 1,000 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 24.5 square miles of land, 15940 is bigger than 41% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 15940 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population3,841This ZIP3,841
Households673This ZIP673
Housing units788This ZIP788
Median age31.2This ZIP31.2Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$88,274This ZIP$88,274Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$238,900This ZIP$238,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$728This ZIP$728Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Mean commute22.5 minThis ZIP22.5 min
Population density157.1 / sq miThis ZIP157.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments38This ZIP38
Employees1,536This ZIP1,536
Annual payroll$43,451,000This ZIP$43,451,000
Tax returns filed830This ZIP830
Total adjusted gross income$69,467,000This ZIP$69,467,000

Land area

Land area24.46 sq miThis ZIP24.46 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Other place names in 15940

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 15940

ZIPCityDistance
16624 Chest Springs, PA 3.3 mi
16641 Gallitzin, PA 4.0 mi
16630 Cresson, PA 5.5 mi
16613 Ashville, PA 5.9 mi
16629 Coupon, PA 6.2 mi
15722 Carrolltown, PA 6.5 mi
15948 Revloc, PA 7.0 mi
16699 Cresson, PA 7.0 mi
15927 Colver, PA 7.3 mi
15931 Ebensburg, PA 7.4 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 15940 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 15940?

15940 is in Loretto, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County, part of the Johnstown, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5265, -78.6436.

What county is 15940 in?

15940 lies in Cambria County.

What area code is 15940?

Loretto uses area codes 814 and 582, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 15940 in?

15940 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 15940?

About 3,841 people live in ZIP code 15940, in 673 households, at 157.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 15940?

$88,274 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 15940?

The closest are 16624 (3.3 mi), 16641 (4 mi), 16630 (5.5 mi), 16613 (5.9 mi) and 16629 (6.2 mi).

Is 15940 a PO Box ZIP code?

15940 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “15940 ZIP Code — Loretto, Pennsylvania (Cambria County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/15940

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/15940.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.