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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/17106

17106

ZIP 17106 is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time. Harrisburg has 26 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dauphin
Coordinates
40.2927, -76.8501

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 17109, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17106
  • 🔢 Type 17106 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOILI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,106 = 2 × 3 × 2851. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001011010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17105 (Harrisburg, PA, 2 mi away) and 17107 (Harrisburg, PA, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17106 becomes 60171 — and that is a real ZIP code: River Grove, IL, 583 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06117, 10167, 10176, 11706, 11760, 16017, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76110 in Fort Worth, TX, 1,249 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,147 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17106 and you would come out at 40.29°S, 103.15°E — 912 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees160This ZIP160
Annual payroll$7,429,000This ZIP$7,429,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 17106

ZIPCityDistance
17177 Harrisburg, PA 0.5 mi
17140 Harrisburg, PA 1.1 mi
17109 Harrisburg, PA 1.4 mi
17103 Harrisburg, PA 1.4 mi
17107 Harrisburg, PA 1.4 mi
17105 Harrisburg, PA 1.6 mi
17128 Harrisburg, PA 2.2 mi
17121 Harrisburg, PA 2.3 mi
17130 Harrisburg, PA 2.3 mi
17123 Harrisburg, PA 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17106?

17106 is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2927, -76.8501.

What county is 17106 in?

17106 lies in Dauphin County.

What area code is 17106?

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

What time zone is 17106 in?

17106 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 17106?

The closest are 17177 (0.5 mi), 17140 (1.1 mi), 17109 (1.4 mi), 17103 (1.4 mi) and 17107 (1.4 mi).

Is 17106 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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