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16218

ZIP 16218 is Cowansville, Pennsylvania, in Armstrong County; area code 724; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Armstrong
Metro area
Pittsburgh, PA
Population
1,000
Coordinates
40.9261, -79.5926
☼ Live from 16218 — Cowansville, PA

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Where 16218 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 16218
  • 🔢 Type 16218 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIZgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,218 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 17 × 53. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111101011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16217 (Cooksburg, PA, 36 mi away) and 16220 (Crown, PA, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16218 becomes 81261, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12168, 12186, 12816, 12861, 16821, 18216, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81612 in Aspen, CO, 1,443 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,000 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16218 and you would come out at 40.93°S, 100.41°E — 1,057 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 27.1 square miles of land, 16218 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,000This ZIP1,000
Households396This ZIP396
Housing units511This ZIP511
Median age49.1This ZIP49.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,000This ZIP$71,000Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$196,400This ZIP$196,400Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$441This ZIP$441Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.3%This ZIP27.3%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density36.9 / sq miThis ZIP36.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees153This ZIP153
Annual payroll$4,458,000This ZIP$4,458,000
Tax returns filed460This ZIP460
Total adjusted gross income$32,375,000This ZIP$32,375,000

Land area

Land area27.13 sq miThis ZIP27.13 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

ZIP codes near 16218

ZIPCityDistance
16028 East Brady, PA 2.8 mi
16210 Adrian, PA 4.3 mi
16262 Worthington, PA 6.9 mi
16261 Widnoon, PA 7.0 mi
16259 Templeton, PA 7.3 mi
16034 Fenelton, PA 7.9 mi
16041 Karns City, PA 8.4 mi
16248 Rimersburg, PA 8.8 mi
16025 Chicora, PA 9.4 mi
16201 Kittanning, PA 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16218?

16218 is in Cowansville, Pennsylvania, in Armstrong County, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9261, -79.5926.

What county is 16218 in?

16218 lies in Armstrong County.

What area code is 16218?

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

What time zone is 16218 in?

16218 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 16218?

About 1,000 people live in ZIP code 16218, in 396 households, at 36.9 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 16218?

$71,000 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 16218?

The closest are 16028 (2.8 mi), 16210 (4.3 mi), 16262 (6.9 mi), 16261 (7 mi) and 16259 (7.3 mi).

Is 16218 a PO Box ZIP code?

16218 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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