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17097

ZIP 17097 is Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County; area codes 223 and 717; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dauphin
Population
721
Coordinates
40.5741, -76.6769
☼ Live from 17097 — Wiconisco, PA

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Where 17097 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17097
  • 🔢 Type 17097 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGOLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,097 = 3 × 41 × 139. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001011001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17094 (Thompsontown, PA, 29 mi away) and 17098 (Williamstown, PA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17097 becomes 79071, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07719, 09177, 09717, 10977, 17970, 19707, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09177 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,069 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,154 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17097 and you would come out at 40.57°S, 103.32°E — 916 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 1.1 square miles of land, 17097 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 533 football fields.
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People and housing

Population721This ZIP721
Households282This ZIP282
Housing units325This ZIP325
Median age33.9This ZIP33.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$69,063This ZIP$69,063Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$99,500This ZIP$99,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,063This ZIP$1,063Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.5%This ZIP10.5%
Mean commute28.1 minThis ZIP28.1 min
Population density654.9 / sq miThis ZIP654.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees12This ZIP12
Annual payroll$468,000This ZIP$468,000

Land area

Land area1.10 sq miThis ZIP1.10 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17097

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ZIP codes near 17097

ZIPCityDistance
17048 Lykens, PA 1.0 mi
17098 Williamstown, PA 2.7 mi
17978 Spring Glen, PA 3.2 mi
17980 Tower City, PA 4.2 mi
17030 Gratz, PA 4.2 mi
17968 Sacramento, PA 5.4 mi
17023 Elizabethville, PA 7.1 mi
17005 Berrysburg, PA 7.3 mi
17080 Pillow, PA 8.0 mi
17983 Valley View, PA 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17097?

17097 is in Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5741, -76.6769.

What county is 17097 in?

17097 lies in Dauphin County.

What area code is 17097?

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

What time zone is 17097 in?

17097 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17097?

About 721 people live in ZIP code 17097, in 282 households, at 654.9 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 17097?

$69,063 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17097?

The closest are 17048 (1 mi), 17098 (2.7 mi), 17978 (3.2 mi), 17980 (4.2 mi) and 17030 (4.2 mi).

Is 17097 a PO Box ZIP code?

17097 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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