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16051

ZIP 16051 is Portersville, Pennsylvania, mostly in Butler County; area code 724; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Butler +1 more
Metro area
Pittsburgh, PA
Population
3,119
Coordinates
40.9427, -80.1388
☼ Live from 16051 — Portersville, PA

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Where 16051 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 16051
  • 🔢 Type 16051 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISOgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,051 = 7 × 2293. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111010110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16050 (Petrolia, PA, 21 mi away) and 16052 (Prospect, PA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16051 becomes 15061 — and that is a real ZIP code: Monaca, PA, 21 miles away.
  • 👥 39 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01516, 01561, 01615, 05161, 06115, 06151, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51106 in Sioux City, IA, 840 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯972 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16051 and you would come out at 40.94°S, 99.86°E — 1,082 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 39.8 square miles of land, 16051 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,119This ZIP3,119
Households1,315This ZIP1,315
Housing units1,395This ZIP1,395
Median age45.4This ZIP45.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$88,958This ZIP$88,958Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$215,600This ZIP$215,600Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$964This ZIP$964Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.5%This ZIP30.5%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density78.3 / sq miThis ZIP78.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments91This ZIP91
Employees1,136This ZIP1,136
Annual payroll$50,672,000This ZIP$50,672,000
Tax returns filed1,380This ZIP1,380
Total adjusted gross income$127,283,000This ZIP$127,283,000

Land area

Land area39.83 sq miThis ZIP39.83 sq mi
Water area3.06 sq miThis ZIP3.06 sq mi

Counties 16051 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Butler County 59.5%
Lawrence County 40.5%

Other place names in 16051

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ZIP codes near 16051

ZIPCityDistance
16052 Prospect, PA 5.0 mi
16037 Harmony, PA 6.9 mi
16057 Slippery Rock, PA 7.5 mi
16117 Ellwood City, PA 7.8 mi
16101 New Castle, PA 8.4 mi
16123 Fombell, PA 8.9 mi
16103 New Castle, PA 9.4 mi
16107 New Castle, PA 9.4 mi
16108 New Castle, PA 9.4 mi
16001 Butler, PA 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16051?

16051 is in Portersville, Pennsylvania, in Butler County, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9427, -80.1388.

What county is 16051 in?

16051 spans 2 counties: Butler County and Lawrence County. Most of it falls in Butler County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 16051?

Portersville uses area code 724, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 16051 in?

16051 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 16051?

About 3,119 people live in ZIP code 16051, in 1,315 households, at 78.3 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 16051?

$88,958 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 16051?

The closest are 16052 (5 mi), 16037 (6.9 mi), 16057 (7.5 mi), 16117 (7.8 mi) and 16101 (8.4 mi).

Is 16051 a PO Box ZIP code?

16051 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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