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16803

ZIP 16803 is in State College, Pennsylvania, in Centre County; area codes 814 and 582; Eastern time. State College has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 16801, 16804 and 16805.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Centre
Metro area
State College, PA
Population
23,977
Coordinates
40.8085, -77.8944
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Where 16803 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 16803
  • 🔢 Type 16803 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOBgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,803 = 3 × 3 × 1867. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100000110100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16802 (University Park, PA, 2 mi away) and 16804 (State College, PA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16803 becomes 30861, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01368, 01863, 03816, 03861, 06138, 06183, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83610 in Cambridge, ID, 1,971 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,089 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16803 and you would come out at 40.81°S, 102.11°E — 978 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 23.0 square miles of land, 16803 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,977This ZIP23,977
Households10,637This ZIP10,637
Housing units12,480This ZIP12,480
Median age31.1This ZIP31.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$73,532This ZIP$73,532Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$413,700This ZIP$413,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,356This ZIP$1,356Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher73.1%This ZIP73.1%
Mean commute16.6 minThis ZIP16.6 min
Population density1,043.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,043.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments573This ZIP573
Employees12,309This ZIP12,309
Annual payroll$706,861,000This ZIP$706,861,000
Tax returns filed9,410This ZIP9,410
Total adjusted gross income$945,786,000This ZIP$945,786,000

Land area

Land area22.98 sq miThis ZIP22.98 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 16803

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ZIP codes near 16803

ZIPCityDistance
16802 University Park, PA 1.7 mi
16804 State College, PA 2.1 mi
16805 State College, PA 2.1 mi
16801 State College, PA 3.2 mi
16851 Lemont, PA 4.9 mi
16868 Pine Grove Mills, PA 5.6 mi
16865 Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 6.7 mi
16835 Fleming, PA 6.8 mi
16827 Boalsburg, PA 7.0 mi
16844 Julian, PA 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16803?

16803 is in State College, Pennsylvania, in Centre County, part of the State College, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8085, -77.8944.

What county is 16803 in?

16803 lies in Centre County.

What area code is 16803?

State College uses area codes 814 and 582, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 16803 in?

16803 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 16803?

About 23,977 people live in ZIP code 16803, in 10,637 households, at 1,043.5 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 16803?

$73,532 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 16803?

The closest are 16802 (1.7 mi), 16804 (2.1 mi), 16805 (2.1 mi), 16801 (3.2 mi) and 16851 (4.9 mi).

Is 16803 a PO Box ZIP code?

16803 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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