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16228

ZIP 16228 is Ford Cliff, Pennsylvania, in Armstrong County; area codes 724 and 878; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Armstrong
Metro area
Pittsburgh, PA
Population
409
Coordinates
40.7608, -79.5358
☼ Live from 16228 — Ford Cliff, PA

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Where 16228 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 16228
  • 🔢 Type 16228 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZZgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,228 = 2 × 2 × 4057. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111101100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16226 (Ford City, PA, 4 mi away) and 16229 (Freeport, PA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16228 becomes 82261, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12862, 16822, 18622, 21286, 21628, 21826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81226 in Florence, CO, 1,367 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,004 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16228 and you would come out at 40.76°S, 100.46°E — 1,048 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.076 square miles of land, 16228 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 37 football fields.
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People and housing

Population409This ZIP409
Households168This ZIP168
Housing units180This ZIP180
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$70,833This ZIP$70,833Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$107,300This ZIP$107,300Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,250This ZIP$1,250Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%This ZIP17.7%
Mean commute21.4 minThis ZIP21.4 min
Population density5,381.6 / sq miThis ZIP5,381.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees22This ZIP22
Annual payroll$1,634,000This ZIP$1,634,000
Tax returns filed180This ZIP180
Total adjusted gross income$9,766,000This ZIP$9,766,000

Land area

Land area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 16228

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ZIP codes near 16228

ZIPCityDistance
16236 Mc Grann, PA 1.5 mi
16238 Manorville, PA 2.0 mi
16212 Cadogan, PA 2.2 mi
16226 Ford City, PA 4.1 mi
16201 Kittanning, PA 4.8 mi
16229 Freeport, PA 7.2 mi
15682 Schenley, PA 7.4 mi
16262 Worthington, PA 8.1 mi
15690 Vandergrift, PA 8.3 mi
15656 Leechburg, PA 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16228?

16228 is in Ford Cliff, Pennsylvania, in Armstrong County, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7608, -79.5358.

What county is 16228 in?

16228 lies in Armstrong County.

What area code is 16228?

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

What time zone is 16228 in?

16228 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 16228?

About 409 people live in ZIP code 16228, in 168 households, at 5,381.6 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 16228?

$70,833 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 16228?

The closest are 16236 (1.5 mi), 16238 (2 mi), 16212 (2.2 mi), 16226 (4.1 mi) and 16201 (4.8 mi).

Is 16228 a PO Box ZIP code?

16228 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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