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17505

ZIP 17505 is Bird In Hand, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lancaster
Metro area
Lancaster, PA
Population
2,358
Coordinates
40.0635, -76.1924
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Where 17505 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17505
  • 🔢 Type 17505 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOSLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,505 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 389. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010001100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17504 (Bausman, PA, 8 mi away) and 17506 (Blue Ball, PA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17505 becomes 50571 — and that is a real ZIP code: Palmer, IA, 968 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05751, 15057, 15075, 15705, 15750, 17055, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57501 in Pierre, SD, 1,265 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,183 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17505 and you would come out at 40.06°S, 103.81°E — 875 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 7.4 square miles of land, 17505 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,358This ZIP2,358
Households525This ZIP525
Housing units593This ZIP593
Median age20.6This ZIP20.6Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$96,583This ZIP$96,583Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$324,100This ZIP$324,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,417This ZIP$1,417Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.4%This ZIP13.4%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density318.2 / sq miThis ZIP318.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments102This ZIP102
Employees1,252This ZIP1,252
Annual payroll$52,218,000This ZIP$52,218,000
Tax returns filed800This ZIP800
Total adjusted gross income$77,546,000This ZIP$77,546,000

Land area

Land area7.41 sq miThis ZIP7.41 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Other place names in 17505

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

ZIP codes near 17505

ZIPCityDistance
17585 Witmer, PA 1.4 mi
17576 Smoketown, PA 1.8 mi
17540 Leola, PA 2.4 mi
17573 Ronks, PA 2.9 mi
17580 Talmage, PA 3.8 mi
17508 Brownstown, PA 4.4 mi
17602 Lancaster, PA 4.4 mi
17572 Ronks, PA 4.5 mi
17534 Intercourse, PA 4.6 mi
17529 Gordonville, PA 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17505?

17505 is in Bird In Hand, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0635, -76.1924.

What county is 17505 in?

17505 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 17505?

Bird In Hand uses area codes 717 and 223, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17505 in?

17505 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17505?

About 2,358 people live in ZIP code 17505, in 525 households, at 318.2 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 17505?

$96,583 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17505?

The closest are 17585 (1.4 mi), 17576 (1.8 mi), 17540 (2.4 mi), 17573 (2.9 mi) and 17580 (3.8 mi).

Is 17505 a PO Box ZIP code?

17505 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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