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17225

ZIP 17225 is Greencastle, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin
Metro area
Chambersburg, PA
Population
20,347
Coordinates
39.7835, -77.7629
☼ Live from 17225 — Greencastle, PA

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Where 17225 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17225
  • 🔢 Type 17225 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SZZLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,225 = 5 × 5 × 13 × 53. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17224 (Fort Loudon, PA, 15 mi away) and 17228 (Harrisonville, PA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17225 becomes 52271, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12257, 12527, 12572, 12725, 12752, 15227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75212 in Dallas, TX, 1,166 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,102 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17225 and you would come out at 39.78°S, 102.24°E — 933 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 81.8 square miles of land, 17225 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,347This ZIP20,347
Households7,973This ZIP7,973
Housing units8,187This ZIP8,187
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$88,457This ZIP$88,457Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$304,100This ZIP$304,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$985This ZIP$985Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.4%This ZIP27.4%
Mean commute24.1 minThis ZIP24.1 min
Population density248.9 / sq miThis ZIP248.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments386This ZIP386
Employees6,656This ZIP6,656
Annual payroll$311,565,000This ZIP$311,565,000
Tax returns filed10,050This ZIP10,050
Total adjusted gross income$807,486,000This ZIP$807,486,000

Land area

Land area81.76 sq miThis ZIP81.76 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Other place names in 17225

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

ZIP codes near 17225

ZIPCityDistance
17256 Shady Grove, PA 4.7 mi
17263 State Line, PA 4.8 mi
21767 Maugansville, MD 6.0 mi
17235 Marion, PA 6.1 mi
17272 Zullinger, PA 7.3 mi
17231 Lemasters, PA 7.3 mi
21742 Hagerstown, MD 9.3 mi
17252 Saint Thomas, PA 9.5 mi
17247 Quincy, PA 9.8 mi
17236 Mercersburg, PA 9.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17225?

17225 is in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County, part of the Chambersburg, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7835, -77.7629.

What county is 17225 in?

17225 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 17225?

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

What time zone is 17225 in?

17225 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17225?

About 20,347 people live in ZIP code 17225, in 7,973 households, at 248.9 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 17225?

$88,457 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17225?

The closest are 17256 (4.7 mi), 17263 (4.8 mi), 21767 (6 mi), 17235 (6.1 mi) and 17272 (7.3 mi).

Is 17225 a PO Box ZIP code?

17225 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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