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16865

ZIP 16865 is Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania, mostly in Centre County; area code 814; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Centre +1 more
Metro area
State College, PA
Population
1,820
Coordinates
40.7240, -77.9560
☼ Live from 16865 — Pennsylvania Furnace, PA

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Where 16865 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 16865
  • 🔢 Type 16865 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgBgI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 16,865 = 5 × 3373. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100000111100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 16864 (Orviston, PA, 31 mi away) and 16866 (Philipsburg, PA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 16865 becomes 56861, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15668, 15686, 15866, 16685, 16856, 18656, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85616 in Huachuca City, AZ, 1,896 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,086 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 16865 and you would come out at 40.72°S, 102.04°E — 977 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 23.0 square miles of land, 16865 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,820This ZIP1,820
Households822This ZIP822
Housing units827This ZIP827
Median age47.5This ZIP47.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$77,717This ZIP$77,717Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$270,700This ZIP$270,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher45.0%This ZIP45.0%
Mean commute18.1 minThis ZIP18.1 min
Population density79.0 / sq miThis ZIP79.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees68This ZIP68
Annual payroll$3,042,000This ZIP$3,042,000
Tax returns filed850This ZIP850
Total adjusted gross income$73,376,000This ZIP$73,376,000

Land area

Land area23.03 sq miThis ZIP23.03 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 16865 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Centre County 84.3%
Huntingdon County 15.7%

Other place names in 16865

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

ZIP codes near 16865

ZIPCityDistance
16868 Pine Grove Mills, PA 3.4 mi
16669 Petersburg, PA 5.4 mi
16877 Warriors Mark, PA 5.9 mi
16803 State College, PA 6.7 mi
16804 State College, PA 6.9 mi
16805 State College, PA 6.9 mi
16802 University Park, PA 7.0 mi
16683 Spruce Creek, PA 7.1 mi
16870 Port Matilda, PA 7.2 mi
16801 State College, PA 7.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 16865?

16865 is in Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania, in Centre County, part of the State College, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7240, -77.9560.

What county is 16865 in?

16865 spans 2 counties: Centre County and Huntingdon County. Most of it falls in Centre 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 16865?

Pennsylvania Furnace uses area code 814, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 16865 in?

16865 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 16865?

About 1,820 people live in ZIP code 16865, in 822 households, at 79.0 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 16865?

$77,717 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 16865?

The closest are 16868 (3.4 mi), 16669 (5.4 mi), 16877 (5.9 mi), 16803 (6.7 mi) and 16804 (6.9 mi).

Is 16865 a PO Box ZIP code?

16865 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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