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17266

ZIP 17266 is Walnut Bottom, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland
Population
445
Coordinates
40.0886, -77.4129
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Where 17266 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17266
  • 🔢 Type 17266 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ggZLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,266 = 2 × 89 × 97. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17265 (Upperstrasburg, PA, 20 mi away) and 17267 (Warfordsburg, PA, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17266 becomes 66271, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12766, 16627, 16672, 16726, 21667, 21676, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76621 in Abbott, TX, 1,234 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,118 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17266 and you would come out at 40.09°S, 102.59°E — 929 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 1.3 square miles of land, 17266 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 637 football fields.
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People and housing

Population445This ZIP445
Households178This ZIP178
Housing units178This ZIP178
Median age35.0This ZIP35.0Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$66,667This ZIP$66,667Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$214,400This ZIP$214,400Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%This ZIP20.6%
Mean commute24.9 minThis ZIP24.9 min
Population density338.1 / sq miThis ZIP338.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees94This ZIP94
Annual payroll$4,628,000This ZIP$4,628,000
Tax returns filed270This ZIP270
Total adjusted gross income$16,465,000This ZIP$16,465,000

Land area

Land area1.32 sq miThis ZIP1.32 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 17266

ZIPCityDistance
17257 Shippensburg, PA 5.0 mi
17241 Newville, PA 6.4 mi
17065 Mount Holly Springs, PA 9.6 mi
17240 Newburg, PA 9.8 mi
17324 Gardners, PA 10.1 mi
17081 Plainfield, PA 10.4 mi
17307 Biglerville, PA 10.5 mi
17306 Bendersville, PA 11.3 mi
17015 Carlisle, PA 11.6 mi
17232 Lurgan, PA 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17266?

17266 is in Walnut Bottom, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0886, -77.4129.

What county is 17266 in?

17266 lies in Cumberland County.

What area code is 17266?

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

What time zone is 17266 in?

17266 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17266?

About 445 people live in ZIP code 17266, in 178 households, at 338.1 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 17266?

$66,667 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17266?

The closest are 17257 (5 mi), 17241 (6.4 mi), 17065 (9.6 mi), 17240 (9.8 mi) and 17324 (10.1 mi).

Is 17266 a PO Box ZIP code?

17266 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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