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16802

ZIP 16802 is University Park, Pennsylvania, in Centre County; area codes 814 and 582; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Centre
Metro area
State College, PA
Population
14,793
Coordinates
40.7986, -77.8649
☼ Live from 16802 — University Park, PA

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Where 16802 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 16802
  • 🔢 Type 16802 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOBgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,802 = 2 × 31 × 271. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100000110100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16801 (State College, PA, 1 mi away) and 16803 (State College, PA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16802 becomes 20861 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ashton, MD, 123 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01826, 01862, 02186, 02816, 02861, 06128, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86021 in Colorado City, AZ, 1,904 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,091 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16802 and you would come out at 40.80°S, 102.14°E — 976 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.765 square miles of land, 16802 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 370 football fields.
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People and housing

Population14,793This ZIP14,793
Households63This ZIP63
Housing units63This ZIP63
Median age19.2This ZIP19.2Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher73.3%This ZIP73.3%
Mean commute11.0 minThis ZIP11.0 min
Population density19,337.3 / sq miThis ZIP19,337.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees870This ZIP870
Annual payroll$20,248,000This ZIP$20,248,000
Tax returns filed180This ZIP180
Total adjusted gross income$3,403,000This ZIP$3,403,000

Land area

Land area0.77 sq miThis ZIP0.77 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 16802

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 16802

ZIPCityDistance
16804 State College, PA 0.4 mi
16805 State College, PA 0.4 mi
16801 State College, PA 1.5 mi
16803 State College, PA 1.7 mi
16851 Lemont, PA 3.4 mi
16868 Pine Grove Mills, PA 5.1 mi
16827 Boalsburg, PA 5.3 mi
16865 Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 7.0 mi
16835 Fleming, PA 7.5 mi
16844 Julian, PA 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16802?

16802 is in University Park, Pennsylvania, in Centre County, part of the State College, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7986, -77.8649.

What county is 16802 in?

16802 lies in Centre County.

What area code is 16802?

University Park uses area codes 814 and 582, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 16802 in?

16802 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 16802?

About 14,793 people live in ZIP code 16802, in 63 households, at 19,337.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 16802?

The closest are 16804 (0.4 mi), 16805 (0.4 mi), 16801 (1.5 mi), 16803 (1.7 mi) and 16851 (3.4 mi).

Is 16802 a PO Box ZIP code?

16802 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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