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17021

ZIP 17021 is East Waterford, Pennsylvania, mostly in Juniata County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Juniata +3 more
Metro area
none
Population
912
Coordinates
40.3305, -77.6682
☼ Live from 17021 — East Waterford, PA

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Where 17021 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17021
  • 🔢 Type 17021 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZOLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17021 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001001111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17020 (Duncannon, PA, 33 mi away) and 17022 (Elizabethtown, PA, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17021 becomes 12071 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fultonham, NY, 229 miles away.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01721, 02117, 02171, 07112, 10172, 10271, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71102 in Shreveport, LA, 1,038 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,103 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17021 and you would come out at 40.33°S, 102.33°E — 949 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
  • 📏 At 54.9 square miles of land, 17021 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population912This ZIP912
Households426This ZIP426
Housing units626This ZIP626
Median age58.1This ZIP58.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$61,000This ZIP$61,000Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$214,600This ZIP$214,600Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$867This ZIP$867Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.1%This ZIP12.1%
Mean commute40.0 minThis ZIP40.0 min
Population density16.6 / sq miThis ZIP16.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees67This ZIP67
Annual payroll$2,702,000This ZIP$2,702,000
Tax returns filed410This ZIP410
Total adjusted gross income$24,100,000This ZIP$24,100,000

Land area

Land area54.93 sq miThis ZIP54.93 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 17021 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Juniata County 77.2%
Perry County 15.8%
Franklin County 5.4%
Huntingdon County 1.6%

Other place names in 17021

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ZIP codes near 17021

ZIPCityDistance
17071 New Germantown, PA 3.7 mi
17035 Honey Grove, PA 6.8 mi
17213 Blairs Mills, PA 7.0 mi
17217 Concord, PA 7.0 mi
17219 Doylesburg, PA 7.5 mi
17243 Orbisonia, PA 8.4 mi
17006 Blain, PA 9.3 mi
17210 Amberson, PA 9.6 mi
17075 Newton Hamilton, PA 9.8 mi
17066 Mount Union, PA 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17021?

17021 is in East Waterford, Pennsylvania, in Juniata County. Its published point location is 40.3305, -77.6682.

What county is 17021 in?

17021 spans 4 counties: Juniata County, Perry County, Franklin County and Huntingdon County. Most of it falls in Juniata 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 17021?

East Waterford uses area codes 717 and 223, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17021 in?

17021 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17021?

About 912 people live in ZIP code 17021, in 426 households, at 16.6 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 17021?

$61,000 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17021?

The closest are 17071 (3.7 mi), 17035 (6.8 mi), 17213 (7 mi), 17217 (7 mi) and 17219 (7.5 mi).

Is 17021 a PO Box ZIP code?

17021 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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