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17249

ZIP 17249 is Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, in Huntingdon County; area codes 814 and 582; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Huntingdon
Metro area
Huntingdon, PA
Population
386
Coordinates
40.2419, -77.9002
☼ Live from 17249 — Rockhill Furnace, PA

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Where 17249 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17249
  • 🔢 Type 17249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,249 = 47 × 367. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17247 (Quincy, PA, 35 mi away) and 17250 (Rouzerville, PA, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17249 becomes 94271 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sacramento, CA, 2,306 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12749, 12974, 14729, 19472, 21749, 21794, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94127 in San Francisco, CA, 2,374 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,092 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17249 and you would come out at 40.24°S, 102.10°E — 956 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 0.230 square miles of land, 17249 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 111 football fields.
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People and housing

Population386This ZIP386
Households143This ZIP143
Housing units154This ZIP154
Median age50.5This ZIP50.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$74,107This ZIP$74,107Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$157,100This ZIP$157,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,158This ZIP$1,158Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.9%This ZIP11.9%
Mean commute40.6 minThis ZIP40.6 min
Population density1,678.3 / sq miThis ZIP1,678.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees32This ZIP32
Annual payroll$951,000This ZIP$951,000

Land area

Land area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17249

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

ZIP codes near 17249

ZIPCityDistance
17260 Shirleysburg, PA 3.8 mi
17052 Mapleton Depot, PA 5.1 mi
17243 Orbisonia, PA 5.3 mi
17253 Saltillo, PA 6.0 mi
17264 Three Springs, PA 6.5 mi
17255 Shade Gap, PA 6.6 mi
17213 Blairs Mills, PA 7.3 mi
17239 Neelyton, PA 8.0 mi
16623 Cassville, PA 8.0 mi
17066 Mount Union, PA 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17249?

17249 is in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, in Huntingdon County, part of the Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2419, -77.9002.

What county is 17249 in?

17249 lies in Huntingdon County.

What area code is 17249?

Rockhill Furnace uses area codes 814 and 582, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17249 in?

17249 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17249?

About 386 people live in ZIP code 17249, in 143 households, at 1,678.3 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 17249?

$74,107 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17249?

The closest are 17260 (3.8 mi), 17052 (5.1 mi), 17243 (5.3 mi), 17253 (6 mi) and 17264 (6.5 mi).

Is 17249 a PO Box ZIP code?

17249 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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