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17508

ZIP 17508 is Brownstown, 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
1,125
Coordinates
40.1246, -76.2139
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Where 17508 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17508
  • 🔢 Type 17508 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOSLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,508 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 1459. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010001100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17507 (Bowmansville, PA, 12 mi away) and 17509 (Christiana, PA, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17508 becomes 80571, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05871, 07851, 08751, 10578, 10587, 15078, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85017 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,024 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,181 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17508 and you would come out at 40.12°S, 103.79°E — 878 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 0.284 square miles of land, 17508 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 137 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,125This ZIP1,125
Households370This ZIP370
Housing units370This ZIP370
Median age36.5This ZIP36.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$104,597This ZIP$104,597Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$347,800This ZIP$347,800Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher43.4%This ZIP43.4%
Mean commute18.0 minThis ZIP18.0 min
Population density3,961.3 / sq miThis ZIP3,961.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees550This ZIP550
Annual payroll$39,522,000This ZIP$39,522,000

Land area

Land area0.28 sq miThis ZIP0.28 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17508

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

ZIP codes near 17508

ZIPCityDistance
17580 Talmage, PA 0.5 mi
17540 Leola, PA 2.3 mi
17501 Akron, PA 2.3 mi
17522 Ephrata, PA 4.1 mi
17505 Bird In Hand, PA 4.4 mi
17606 Lancaster, PA 4.9 mi
17585 Witmer, PA 5.3 mi
17543 Lititz, PA 5.8 mi
17576 Smoketown, PA 6.1 mi
17601 Lancaster, PA 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17508?

17508 is in Brownstown, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1246, -76.2139.

What county is 17508 in?

17508 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 17508?

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

What time zone is 17508 in?

17508 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17508?

About 1,125 people live in ZIP code 17508, in 370 households, at 3,961.3 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 17508?

$104,597 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17508?

The closest are 17580 (0.5 mi), 17540 (2.3 mi), 17501 (2.3 mi), 17522 (4.1 mi) and 17505 (4.4 mi).

Is 17508 a PO Box ZIP code?

17508 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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