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17224

ZIP 17224 is Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania, mostly in Franklin County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin +1 more
Metro area
Chambersburg, PA
Population
1,603
Coordinates
39.9792, -77.8845
☼ Live from 17224 — Fort Loudon, PA

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Where 17224 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17224
  • 🔢 Type 17224 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZZLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,224 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2153. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17223 (Fort Littleton, PA, 7 mi away) and 17225 (Greencastle, PA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17224 becomes 42271, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12247, 12427, 12472, 12724, 12742, 14227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71422 in Dodson, LA, 988 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,094 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17224 and you would come out at 39.98°S, 102.12°E — 946 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 39.6 square miles of land, 17224 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,603This ZIP1,603
Households839This ZIP839
Housing units913This ZIP913
Median age49.4This ZIP49.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$114,779This ZIP$114,779Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$303,000This ZIP$303,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,056This ZIP$1,056Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.5%This ZIP16.5%
Mean commute33.9 minThis ZIP33.9 min
Population density40.5 / sq miThis ZIP40.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees335This ZIP335
Annual payroll$19,817,000This ZIP$19,817,000
Tax returns filed850This ZIP850
Total adjusted gross income$50,651,000This ZIP$50,651,000

Land area

Land area39.59 sq miThis ZIP39.59 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Counties 17224 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Franklin County 95.1%
Fulton County 4.9%

Other place names in 17224

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ZIP codes near 17224

ZIPCityDistance
17233 Mc Connellsburg, PA 5.4 mi
17252 Saint Thomas, PA 5.5 mi
17221 Fannettsburg, PA 5.9 mi
17223 Fort Littleton, PA 6.6 mi
17265 Upperstrasburg, PA 6.9 mi
17215 Burnt Cabins, PA 7.2 mi
17231 Lemasters, PA 8.4 mi
17271 Willow Hill, PA 9.5 mi
17229 Hustontown, PA 9.8 mi
17202 Chambersburg, PA 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17224?

17224 is in Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County, part of the Chambersburg, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9792, -77.8845.

What county is 17224 in?

17224 spans 2 counties: Franklin County and Fulton County. Most of it falls in Franklin County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 17224?

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

What time zone is 17224 in?

17224 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17224?

About 1,603 people live in ZIP code 17224, in 839 households, at 40.5 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 17224?

$114,779 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17224?

The closest are 17233 (5.4 mi), 17252 (5.5 mi), 17221 (5.9 mi), 17223 (6.6 mi) and 17265 (6.9 mi).

Is 17224 a PO Box ZIP code?

17224 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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