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17033

ZIP 17033 is Hershey, Pennsylvania, mostly in Dauphin County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dauphin +1 more
Population
16,481
Coordinates
40.2692, -76.6282
☼ Live from 17033 — Hershey, PA

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Where 17033 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17033
  • 🔢 Type 17033 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EEOLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17033 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001010001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17032 (Halifax, PA, 18 mi away) and 17034 (Highspire, PA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17033 becomes 33071 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pompano Beach, FL, 991 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01337, 01373, 13037, 13073, 13730, 17303, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73301 in Austin, TX, 1,371 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,158 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17033 and you would come out at 40.27°S, 103.37°E — 902 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 27.4 square miles of land, 17033 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,481This ZIP16,481
Households6,469This ZIP6,469
Housing units6,772This ZIP6,772
Median age36.8This ZIP36.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$72,945This ZIP$72,945Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$384,100This ZIP$384,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,330This ZIP$1,330Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher47.3%This ZIP47.3%
Mean commute17.5 minThis ZIP17.5 min
Population density601.8 / sq miThis ZIP601.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments555This ZIP555
Employees27,365This ZIP27,365
Annual payroll$2,330,120,000This ZIP$2,330,120,000
Tax returns filed7,940This ZIP7,940
Total adjusted gross income$800,545,000This ZIP$800,545,000

Land area

Land area27.39 sq miThis ZIP27.39 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Counties 17033 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Dauphin County 87.6%
Lebanon County 12.4%

Other place names in 17033

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ZIP codes near 17033

ZIPCityDistance
17010 Campbelltown, PA 2.4 mi
17078 Palmyra, PA 2.8 mi
17036 Hummelstown, PA 4.9 mi
17041 Lawn, PA 5.9 mi
17022 Elizabethtown, PA 7.1 mi
17003 Annville, PA 7.2 mi
17057 Middletown, PA 7.3 mi
17111 Harrisburg, PA 8.0 mi
17064 Mount Gretna, PA 8.3 mi
17034 Highspire, PA 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17033?

17033 is in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2692, -76.6282.

What county is 17033 in?

17033 spans 2 counties: Dauphin County and Lebanon County. Most of it falls in Dauphin 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 17033?

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

What time zone is 17033 in?

17033 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17033?

About 16,481 people live in ZIP code 17033, in 6,469 households, at 601.8 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 17033?

$72,945 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17033?

The closest are 17010 (2.4 mi), 17078 (2.8 mi), 17036 (4.9 mi), 17041 (5.9 mi) and 17022 (7.1 mi).

Is 17033 a PO Box ZIP code?

17033 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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