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17538

ZIP 17538 is Landisville, 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
7,314
Coordinates
40.0826, -76.4145
☼ Live from 17538 — Landisville, PA

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Where 17538 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17538
  • 🔢 Type 17538 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BESLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,538 = 2 × 3 × 37 × 79. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010010000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17537 (Lampeter, PA, 11 mi away) and 17540 (Leola, PA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17538 becomes 83571, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13758, 15378, 15738, 15783, 17358, 17583, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85371 in Poston, AZ, 2,120 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,171 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17538 and you would come out at 40.08°S, 103.59°E — 885 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 4.1 square miles of land, 17538 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,314This ZIP7,314
Households3,133This ZIP3,133
Housing units3,181This ZIP3,181
Median age53.1This ZIP53.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$86,719This ZIP$86,719Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$299,300This ZIP$299,300Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,085This ZIP$1,085Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher42.4%This ZIP42.4%
Mean commute23.6 minThis ZIP23.6 min
Population density1,770.1 / sq miThis ZIP1,770.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments147This ZIP147
Employees2,384This ZIP2,384
Annual payroll$139,613,000This ZIP$139,613,000
Tax returns filed3,540This ZIP3,540
Total adjusted gross income$329,545,000This ZIP$329,545,000

Land area

Land area4.13 sq miThis ZIP4.13 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 17538

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ZIP codes near 17538

ZIPCityDistance
17575 Silver Spring, PA 1.6 mi
17554 Mountville, PA 3.0 mi
17520 East Petersburg, PA 3.6 mi
17604 Lancaster, PA 4.3 mi
17512 Columbia, PA 4.8 mi
17601 Lancaster, PA 5.4 mi
17552 Mount Joy, PA 5.4 mi
17603 Lancaster, PA 5.7 mi
17504 Bausman, PA 6.1 mi
17606 Lancaster, PA 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17538?

17538 is in Landisville, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0826, -76.4145.

What county is 17538 in?

17538 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 17538?

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

What time zone is 17538 in?

17538 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17538?

About 7,314 people live in ZIP code 17538, in 3,133 households, at 1,770.1 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 17538?

$86,719 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17538?

The closest are 17575 (1.6 mi), 17554 (3 mi), 17520 (3.6 mi), 17604 (4.3 mi) and 17512 (4.8 mi).

Is 17538 a PO Box ZIP code?

17538 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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