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17257

ZIP 17257 is Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, mostly in Cumberland County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland +1 more
Population
29,204
Coordinates
40.0560, -77.4967
☼ Live from 17257 — Shippensburg, PA

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Where 17257 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17257
  • 🔢 Type 17257 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSZLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17257 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17256 (Shady Grove, PA, 21 mi away) and 17260 (Shirleysburg, PA, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17257 becomes 75271, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12577, 12775, 15277, 15727, 15772, 17527, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77512 in Alvin, TX, 1,243 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,114 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17257 and you would come out at 40.06°S, 102.50°E — 931 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 115.2 square miles of land, 17257 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 87 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,204This ZIP29,204
Households10,786This ZIP10,786
Housing units11,619This ZIP11,619
Median age34.0This ZIP34.0Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,181This ZIP$71,181Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$227,900This ZIP$227,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,046This ZIP$1,046Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%This ZIP23.3%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density253.6 / sq miThis ZIP253.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments485This ZIP485
Employees7,590This ZIP7,590
Annual payroll$371,657,000This ZIP$371,657,000
Tax returns filed13,230This ZIP13,230
Total adjusted gross income$832,356,000This ZIP$832,356,000

Land area

Land area115.17 sq miThis ZIP115.17 sq mi
Water area0.28 sq miThis ZIP0.28 sq mi

Counties 17257 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Cumberland County 63.6%
Franklin County 36.4%

Other place names in 17257

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

ZIP codes near 17257

ZIPCityDistance
17266 Walnut Bottom, PA 5.0 mi
17232 Lurgan, PA 7.7 mi
17254 Scotland, PA 7.8 mi
17240 Newburg, PA 7.9 mi
17246 Pleasant Hall, PA 9.5 mi
17244 Orrstown, PA 9.6 mi
17241 Newville, PA 9.9 mi
17251 Roxbury, PA 10.1 mi
17201 Chambersburg, PA 10.8 mi
17222 Fayetteville, PA 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17257?

17257 is in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0560, -77.4967.

What county is 17257 in?

17257 spans 2 counties: Cumberland County and Franklin County. Most of it falls in Cumberland 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 17257?

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

What time zone is 17257 in?

17257 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17257?

About 29,204 people live in ZIP code 17257, in 10,786 households, at 253.6 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 17257?

$71,181 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17257?

The closest are 17266 (5 mi), 17232 (7.7 mi), 17254 (7.8 mi), 17240 (7.9 mi) and 17246 (9.5 mi).

Is 17257 a PO Box ZIP code?

17257 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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