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17050

ZIP 17050 is in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time. Mechanicsburg has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 17055.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland
Population
43,571
Coordinates
40.2475, -77.0304
☼ Live from 17050 — Mechanicsburg, PA

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Where 17050 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17050
  • 🔢 Type 17050 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSOLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,050 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 11 × 31. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001010011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17049 (Mc Alisterville, PA, 30 mi away) and 17051 (Mc Veytown, PA, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17050 becomes 05071 — and that is a real ZIP code: South Woodstock, VT, 324 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00715, 00751, 01057, 01075, 01507, 01570, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00751 in Salinas, PR, 1,665 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,137 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17050 and you would come out at 40.25°S, 102.97°E — 918 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 35.0 square miles of land, 17050 is bigger than 50% of ZIP codes — room for about 27 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population43,571This ZIP43,571
Households16,923This ZIP16,923
Housing units17,527This ZIP17,527
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$113,720This ZIP$113,720Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$372,900This ZIP$372,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,462This ZIP$1,462Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher54.0%This ZIP54.0%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density1,245.3 / sq miThis ZIP1,245.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,163This ZIP1,163
Employees22,171This ZIP22,171
Annual payroll$1,282,479,000This ZIP$1,282,479,000
Tax returns filed22,210This ZIP22,210
Total adjusted gross income$2,871,902,000This ZIP$2,871,902,000

Land area

Land area34.99 sq miThis ZIP34.99 sq mi
Water area0.79 sq miThis ZIP0.79 sq mi

Other place names in 17050

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ZIP codes near 17050

ZIPCityDistance
17072 New Kingstown, PA 2.8 mi
17025 Enola, PA 4.4 mi
17055 Mechanicsburg, PA 5.1 mi
17089 Camp Hill, PA 5.2 mi
17053 Marysville, PA 5.4 mi
17011 Camp Hill, PA 5.4 mi
17012 Camp Hill, PA 5.8 mi
17001 Camp Hill, PA 6.0 mi
17027 Grantham, PA 6.7 mi
17043 Lemoyne, PA 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17050?

17050 is in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2475, -77.0304.

What county is 17050 in?

17050 lies in Cumberland County.

What area code is 17050?

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

What time zone is 17050 in?

17050 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17050?

About 43,571 people live in ZIP code 17050, in 16,923 households, at 1,245.3 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 17050?

$113,720 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17050?

The closest are 17072 (2.8 mi), 17025 (4.4 mi), 17055 (5.1 mi), 17089 (5.2 mi) and 17053 (5.4 mi).

Is 17050 a PO Box ZIP code?

17050 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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