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17109

ZIP 17109 is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time. Harrisburg has 26 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dauphin
Population
27,466
Coordinates
40.2898, -76.8241
☼ Live from 17109 — Harrisburg, PA

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Where 17109 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17109
  • 🔢 Type 17109 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOILI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,109 = 3 × 3 × 1901. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001011010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17108 (Harrisburg, PA, 2 mi away) and 17110 (Harrisburg, PA, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17109 becomes 90171, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01719, 01971, 07191, 09171, 10179, 10917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09171 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,890 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,148 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17109 and you would come out at 40.29°S, 103.18°E — 911 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 7.0 square miles of land, 17109 is bigger than 22% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,466This ZIP27,466
Households10,960This ZIP10,960
Housing units11,623This ZIP11,623
Median age35.2This ZIP35.2Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,833This ZIP$71,833Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$215,900This ZIP$215,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,328This ZIP$1,328Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.9%This ZIP26.9%
Mean commute21.0 minThis ZIP21.0 min
Population density3,940.6 / sq miThis ZIP3,940.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments625This ZIP625
Employees12,159This ZIP12,159
Annual payroll$604,893,000This ZIP$604,893,000
Tax returns filed13,100This ZIP13,100
Total adjusted gross income$700,818,000This ZIP$700,818,000

Land area

Land area6.97 sq miThis ZIP6.97 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17109

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

ZIP codes near 17109

ZIPCityDistance
17177 Harrisburg, PA 1.4 mi
17106 Harrisburg, PA 1.4 mi
17140 Harrisburg, PA 1.7 mi
17108 Harrisburg, PA 1.8 mi
17103 Harrisburg, PA 2.3 mi
17111 Harrisburg, PA 2.7 mi
17107 Harrisburg, PA 2.8 mi
17105 Harrisburg, PA 2.8 mi
17104 Harrisburg, PA 3.3 mi
17128 Harrisburg, PA 3.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17109?

17109 is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2898, -76.8241.

What county is 17109 in?

17109 lies in Dauphin County.

What area code is 17109?

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

What time zone is 17109 in?

17109 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17109?

About 27,466 people live in ZIP code 17109, in 10,960 households, at 3,940.6 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 17109?

$71,833 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17109?

The closest are 17177 (1.4 mi), 17106 (1.4 mi), 17140 (1.7 mi), 17108 (1.8 mi) and 17103 (2.3 mi).

Is 17109 a PO Box ZIP code?

17109 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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