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16142

ZIP 16142 is in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, mostly in Mercer County; area codes 724 and 878; Eastern time. New Wilmington has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 16172.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Mercer +1 more
Metro area
Hermitage, PA
Population
5,522
Coordinates
41.1352, -80.3328
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Where 16142 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 16142
  • 🔢 Type 16142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhIgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,142 = 2 × 7 × 1153. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111100001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16141 (New Galilee, PA, 18 mi away) and 16143 (Pulaski, PA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16142 becomes 24161 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sandy Level, VA, 290 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11426, 12164, 12416, 12461, 14126, 14216, …). The farthest-flung twin is 64112 in Kansas City, MO, 767 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯961 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16142 and you would come out at 41.14°S, 99.67°E — 1,097 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 43.8 square miles of land, 16142 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,522This ZIP5,522
Households1,932This ZIP1,932
Housing units2,086This ZIP2,086
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$84,205This ZIP$84,205Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$226,300This ZIP$226,300Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$874This ZIP$874Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.7%This ZIP36.7%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density126.2 / sq miThis ZIP126.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments131This ZIP131
Employees1,374This ZIP1,374
Annual payroll$67,672,000This ZIP$67,672,000
Tax returns filed2,470This ZIP2,470
Total adjusted gross income$193,106,000This ZIP$193,106,000

Land area

Land area43.75 sq miThis ZIP43.75 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Counties 16142 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Mercer County 62.4%
Lawrence County 37.6%

Other place names in 16142

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ZIP codes near 16142

ZIPCityDistance
16172 New Wilmington, PA 1.2 mi
16105 New Castle, PA 5.6 mi
16156 Volant, PA 6.1 mi
16143 Pulaski, PA 6.7 mi
16159 West Middlesex, PA 7.5 mi
16148 Hermitage, PA 7.8 mi
16137 Mercer, PA 8.2 mi
16116 Edinburg, PA 8.7 mi
16161 Wheatland, PA 9.5 mi
16140 New Bedford, PA 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16142?

16142 is in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in Mercer County, part of the Hermitage, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1352, -80.3328.

What county is 16142 in?

16142 spans 2 counties: Mercer County and Lawrence County. Most of it falls in Mercer 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 16142?

New Wilmington uses area codes 724 and 878, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 16142 in?

16142 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 16142?

About 5,522 people live in ZIP code 16142, in 1,932 households, at 126.2 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 16142?

$84,205 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 16142?

The closest are 16172 (1.2 mi), 16105 (5.6 mi), 16156 (6.1 mi), 16143 (6.7 mi) and 16159 (7.5 mi).

Is 16142 a PO Box ZIP code?

16142 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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