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17022

ZIP 17022 is Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, mostly in Lancaster County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lancaster +1 more
Metro area
Lancaster, PA
Population
31,908
Coordinates
40.1670, -76.6089
☼ Live from 17022 — Elizabethtown, PA

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Where 17022 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17022
  • 🔢 Type 17022 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZOLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,022 = 2 × 3 × 2837. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001001111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17021 (East Waterford, PA, 57 mi away) and 17023 (Elizabethville, PA, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17022 becomes 22071, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01227, 02127, 02217, 02712, 02721, 10272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 70122 in New Orleans, LA, 1,033 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,160 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17022 and you would come out at 40.17°S, 103.39°E — 897 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 55.0 square miles of land, 17022 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population31,908This ZIP31,908
Households12,477This ZIP12,477
Housing units12,953This ZIP12,953
Median age42.8This ZIP42.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$86,767This ZIP$86,767Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$294,000This ZIP$294,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,546This ZIP$1,546Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.6%This ZIP35.6%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density580.6 / sq miThis ZIP580.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments537This ZIP537
Employees9,638This ZIP9,638
Annual payroll$453,328,000This ZIP$453,328,000
Tax returns filed15,680This ZIP15,680
Total adjusted gross income$1,299,198,000This ZIP$1,299,198,000

Land area

Land area54.95 sq miThis ZIP54.95 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Counties 17022 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lancaster County 70.8%
Dauphin County 29.2%

Other place names in 17022

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

ZIP codes near 17022

ZIPCityDistance
17570 Rheems, PA 3.5 mi
17041 Lawn, PA 5.0 mi
17502 Bainbridge, PA 5.5 mi
17057 Middletown, PA 6.5 mi
17550 Maytown, PA 6.5 mi
17552 Mount Joy, PA 6.6 mi
17547 Marietta, PA 6.8 mi
17033 Hershey, PA 7.1 mi
17010 Campbelltown, PA 7.8 mi
17078 Palmyra, PA 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17022?

17022 is in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1670, -76.6089.

What county is 17022 in?

17022 spans 2 counties: Lancaster County and Dauphin County. Most of it falls in Lancaster 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 17022?

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

What time zone is 17022 in?

17022 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17022?

About 31,908 people live in ZIP code 17022, in 12,477 households, at 580.6 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 17022?

$86,767 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17022?

The closest are 17570 (3.5 mi), 17041 (5 mi), 17502 (5.5 mi), 17057 (6.5 mi) and 17550 (6.5 mi).

Is 17022 a PO Box ZIP code?

17022 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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