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16156

ZIP 16156 is Volant, Pennsylvania, mostly in Lawrence County; area codes 724 and 878; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lawrence +1 more
Metro area
Pittsburgh, PA
Population
3,431
Coordinates
41.0980, -80.2272
☼ Live from 16156 — Volant, PA

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Where 16156 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 16156
  • 🔢 Type 16156 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSIgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,156 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 577. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111100011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16155 (Villa Maria, PA, 15 mi away) and 16157 (Wampum, PA, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16156 becomes 65161, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11566, 15616, 15661, 16651, 56116, 56161, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56116 in Beaver Creek, MN, 841 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯967 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16156 and you would come out at 41.10°S, 99.77°E — 1,091 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 51.3 square miles of land, 16156 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,431This ZIP3,431
Households1,268This ZIP1,268
Housing units1,337This ZIP1,337
Median age37.9This ZIP37.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$69,054This ZIP$69,054Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$221,400This ZIP$221,400Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,132This ZIP$1,132Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.7%This ZIP23.7%
Mean commute25.5 minThis ZIP25.5 min
Population density66.9 / sq miThis ZIP66.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments50This ZIP50
Employees236This ZIP236
Annual payroll$11,188,000This ZIP$11,188,000
Tax returns filed1,530This ZIP1,530
Total adjusted gross income$111,086,000This ZIP$111,086,000

Land area

Land area51.26 sq miThis ZIP51.26 sq mi
Water area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi

Counties 16156 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Lawrence County 78.6%
Mercer County 21.4%

Other place names in 16156

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ZIP codes near 16156

ZIPCityDistance
16172 New Wilmington, PA 5.6 mi
16142 New Wilmington, PA 6.1 mi
16105 New Castle, PA 6.6 mi
16101 New Castle, PA 8.5 mi
16103 New Castle, PA 8.6 mi
16107 New Castle, PA 8.6 mi
16108 New Castle, PA 8.6 mi
16137 Mercer, PA 9.2 mi
16127 Grove City, PA 9.6 mi
16057 Slippery Rock, PA 9.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16156?

16156 is in Volant, Pennsylvania, in Lawrence County, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0980, -80.2272.

What county is 16156 in?

16156 spans 2 counties: Lawrence County and Mercer County. Most of it falls in Lawrence 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 16156?

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

What time zone is 16156 in?

16156 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 16156?

About 3,431 people live in ZIP code 16156, in 1,268 households, at 66.9 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 16156?

$69,054 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 16156?

The closest are 16172 (5.6 mi), 16142 (6.1 mi), 16105 (6.6 mi), 16101 (8.5 mi) and 16103 (8.6 mi).

Is 16156 a PO Box ZIP code?

16156 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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