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17251

ZIP 17251 is Roxbury, 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
70
Coordinates
40.1229, -77.6667
☼ Live from 17251 — Roxbury, PA

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Where 17251 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17251
  • 🔢 Type 17251 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISZLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,251 = 13 × 1327. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17250 (Rouzerville, PA, 28 mi away) and 17252 (Saint Thomas, PA, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17251 becomes 15271, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11572, 11725, 11752, 12157, 12175, 12517, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75211 in Dallas, TX, 1,182 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,105 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17251 and you would come out at 40.12°S, 102.33°E — 942 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 2.0 square miles of land, 17251 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population70This ZIP70
Households30This ZIP30
Housing units47This ZIP47
Median age34.8This ZIP34.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$92,955This ZIP$92,955Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$154,200This ZIP$154,200Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher10.5%This ZIP10.5%
Mean commute29.5 minThis ZIP29.5 min
Population density35.4 / sq miThis ZIP35.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees17This ZIP17
Annual payroll$365,000This ZIP$365,000

Land area

Land area1.98 sq miThis ZIP1.98 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

ZIP codes near 17251

ZIPCityDistance
17244 Orrstown, PA 2.3 mi
17232 Lurgan, PA 2.6 mi
17246 Pleasant Hall, PA 4.3 mi
17210 Amberson, PA 4.7 mi
17240 Newburg, PA 5.0 mi
17220 Dry Run, PA 5.2 mi
17262 Spring Run, PA 5.4 mi
17219 Doylesburg, PA 7.1 mi
17271 Willow Hill, PA 7.4 mi
17265 Upperstrasburg, PA 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17251?

17251 is in Roxbury, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County, part of the Chambersburg, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1229, -77.6667.

What county is 17251 in?

17251 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 17251?

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

What time zone is 17251 in?

17251 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17251?

About 70 people live in ZIP code 17251, in 30 households, at 35.4 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 17251?

$92,955 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17251?

The closest are 17244 (2.3 mi), 17232 (2.6 mi), 17246 (4.3 mi), 17210 (4.7 mi) and 17240 (5 mi).

Is 17251 a PO Box ZIP code?

17251 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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