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17081

ZIP 17081 is Plainfield, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland
Population
248
Coordinates
40.2012, -77.2833
☼ Live from 17081 — Plainfield, PA

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Where 17081 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17081
  • 🔢 Type 17081 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBOLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,081 = 19 × 29 × 31. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001010111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17080 (Pillow, PA, 39 mi away) and 17082 (Port Royal, PA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17081 becomes 18071 — and that is a real ZIP code: Palmerton, PA, 101 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01718, 10178, 11780, 17018, 17108, 17801, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87101 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,636 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,125 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17081 and you would come out at 40.20°S, 102.72°E — 928 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 0.646 square miles of land, 17081 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 313 football fields.
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People and housing

Population248This ZIP248
Households109This ZIP109
Housing units109This ZIP109
Median age58.6This ZIP58.6Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$73,977This ZIP$73,977Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$181,900This ZIP$181,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density383.9 / sq miThis ZIP383.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees26This ZIP26
Annual payroll$771,000This ZIP$771,000

Land area

Land area0.65 sq miThis ZIP0.65 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17081

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

ZIP codes near 17081

ZIPCityDistance
17015 Carlisle, PA 3.0 mi
17013 Carlisle, PA 5.9 mi
17241 Newville, PA 6.7 mi
17040 Landisburg, PA 7.2 mi
17065 Mount Holly Springs, PA 9.4 mi
17007 Boiling Springs, PA 9.7 mi
17090 Shermans Dale, PA 9.7 mi
17266 Walnut Bottom, PA 10.4 mi
17072 New Kingstown, PA 10.9 mi
17324 Gardners, PA 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17081?

17081 is in Plainfield, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2012, -77.2833.

What county is 17081 in?

17081 lies in Cumberland County.

What area code is 17081?

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

What time zone is 17081 in?

17081 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17081?

About 248 people live in ZIP code 17081, in 109 households, at 383.9 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 17081?

$73,977 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17081?

The closest are 17015 (3 mi), 17013 (5.9 mi), 17241 (6.7 mi), 17040 (7.2 mi) and 17065 (9.4 mi).

Is 17081 a PO Box ZIP code?

17081 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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