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17301

ZIP 17301 is Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, mostly in Adams County; area codes 223 and 717; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Adams +1 more
Metro area
Gettysburg, PA
Population
4,133
Coordinates
39.8952, -76.9790
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Where 17301 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17301
  • 🔢 Type 17301 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOELI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,301 = 3 × 73 × 79. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001110010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17272 (Zullinger, PA, 35 mi away) and 17302 (Airville, PA, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17301 becomes 10371, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01731, 07311, 10173, 11370, 11703, 11730, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73011 in Bradley, OK, 1,189 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,143 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17301 and you would come out at 39.90°S, 103.02°E — 902 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 11.9 square miles of land, 17301 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,133This ZIP4,133
Households1,513This ZIP1,513
Housing units1,578This ZIP1,578
Median age42.4This ZIP42.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$84,712This ZIP$84,712Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$250,900This ZIP$250,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,272This ZIP$1,272Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.2%This ZIP17.2%
Mean commute27.3 minThis ZIP27.3 min
Population density348.0 / sq miThis ZIP348.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments59This ZIP59
Employees1,030This ZIP1,030
Annual payroll$43,576,000This ZIP$43,576,000
Tax returns filed2,260This ZIP2,260
Total adjusted gross income$165,703,000This ZIP$165,703,000

Land area

Land area11.88 sq miThis ZIP11.88 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 17301 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Adams County 60.5%
York County 39.5%

Other place names in 17301

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

ZIP codes near 17301

ZIPCityDistance
17364 Thomasville, PA 4.8 mi
17316 East Berlin, PA 5.1 mi
17350 New Oxford, PA 5.3 mi
17335 Hanover, PA 5.6 mi
17334 Hanover, PA 6.2 mi
17354 Porters Sideling, PA 6.5 mi
17332 Hanover, PA 6.5 mi
17333 Hanover, PA 6.5 mi
17344 Mc Sherrystown, PA 6.6 mi
17362 Spring Grove, PA 6.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17301?

17301 is in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, in Adams County, part of the Gettysburg, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8952, -76.9790.

What county is 17301 in?

17301 spans 2 counties: Adams County and York County. Most of it falls in Adams 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 17301?

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

What time zone is 17301 in?

17301 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17301?

About 4,133 people live in ZIP code 17301, in 1,513 households, at 348.0 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 17301?

$84,712 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17301?

The closest are 17364 (4.8 mi), 17316 (5.1 mi), 17350 (5.3 mi), 17335 (5.6 mi) and 17334 (6.2 mi).

Is 17301 a PO Box ZIP code?

17301 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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