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17252

ZIP 17252 is Saint Thomas, 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
4,038
Coordinates
39.9123, -77.8269
☼ Live from 17252 — Saint Thomas, PA

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Where 17252 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17252
  • 🔢 Type 17252 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSZLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,252 = 2 × 2 × 19 × 227. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17251 (Roxbury, PA, 17 mi away) and 17253 (Saltillo, PA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17252 becomes 25271 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ripley, WV, 221 miles away.
  • 👥 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 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 79%.
  • 🎯1,098 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17252 and you would come out at 39.91°S, 102.17°E — 941 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 30.5 square miles of land, 17252 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,038This ZIP4,038
Households1,364This ZIP1,364
Housing units1,450This ZIP1,450
Median age40.2This ZIP40.2Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$73,629This ZIP$73,629Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$202,700This ZIP$202,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,101This ZIP$1,101Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.8%This ZIP19.8%
Mean commute27.7 minThis ZIP27.7 min
Population density132.4 / sq miThis ZIP132.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments57This ZIP57
Employees423This ZIP423
Annual payroll$20,806,000This ZIP$20,806,000
Tax returns filed1,810This ZIP1,810
Total adjusted gross income$110,519,000This ZIP$110,519,000

Land area

Land area30.50 sq miThis ZIP30.50 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

ZIP codes near 17252

ZIPCityDistance
17231 Lemasters, PA 4.0 mi
17224 Fort Loudon, PA 5.5 mi
17202 Chambersburg, PA 7.3 mi
17235 Marion, PA 7.9 mi
17265 Upperstrasburg, PA 8.7 mi
17221 Fannettsburg, PA 9.5 mi
17225 Greencastle, PA 9.5 mi
17233 Mc Connellsburg, PA 9.5 mi
17201 Chambersburg, PA 9.6 mi
17236 Mercersburg, PA 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17252?

17252 is in Saint Thomas, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County, part of the Chambersburg, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9123, -77.8269.

What county is 17252 in?

17252 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 17252?

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

What time zone is 17252 in?

17252 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17252?

About 4,038 people live in ZIP code 17252, in 1,364 households, at 132.4 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 17252?

$73,629 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17252?

The closest are 17231 (4 mi), 17224 (5.5 mi), 17202 (7.3 mi), 17235 (7.9 mi) and 17265 (8.7 mi).

Is 17252 a PO Box ZIP code?

17252 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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