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17120

ZIP 17120 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
0
Coordinates
40.2651, -76.8828
☼ Live from 17120 — Harrisburg, PA

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Where 17120 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17120
  • 🔢 Type 17120 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZILI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 107. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001011100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17113 (Harrisburg, PA, 4 mi away) and 17121 (Harrisburg, PA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17120 becomes 02171 — and that is a real ZIP code: Quincy, MA, 335 miles away.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01721, 02117, 02171, 07112, 10172, 10271, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71102 in Shreveport, LA, 1,074 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,145 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17120 and you would come out at 40.27°S, 103.12°E — 913 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 0.092 square miles of land, 17120 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 45 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees149This ZIP149
Annual payroll$20,177,000This ZIP$20,177,000

Land area

Land area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17120

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ZIP codes near 17120

ZIPCityDistance
17125 Harrisburg, PA 0.1 mi
17123 Harrisburg, PA 0.2 mi
17124 Harrisburg, PA 0.2 mi
17127 Harrisburg, PA 0.3 mi
17129 Harrisburg, PA 0.3 mi
17126 Harrisburg, PA 0.3 mi
17130 Harrisburg, PA 0.4 mi
17128 Harrisburg, PA 0.6 mi
17101 Harrisburg, PA 0.7 mi
17105 Harrisburg, PA 1.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17120?

17120 is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2651, -76.8828.

What county is 17120 in?

17120 lies in Dauphin County.

What area code is 17120?

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

What time zone is 17120 in?

17120 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17120?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 17120. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 17120?

The closest are 17125 (0.1 mi), 17123 (0.2 mi), 17124 (0.2 mi), 17127 (0.3 mi) and 17129 (0.3 mi).

Is 17120 a PO Box ZIP code?

17120 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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