17550
ZIP 17550 is Maytown, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County; area codes 223 and 717; Eastern time.
- Type
- Standard
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- County
- Lancaster
- Metro area
- Lancaster, PA
- Population
- 313
- Coordinates
- 40.0749, -76.5835
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Where 17550 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 17550 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSSLI — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 17,550 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 13. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
100010010001110 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17549 (Martindale, PA, 27 mi away) and 17551 (Millersville, PA, 13 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 17550 becomes 05571, which is not a ZIP code at all.
- 👥 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, 1,246 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
- 🎯1,162 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17550 and you would come out at 40.07°S, 103.42°E — 892 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
- 📏 At 0.156 square miles of land, 17550 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 76 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 313This ZIP313 |
|---|---|
| Households | 146This ZIP146 |
| Housing units | 146This ZIP146 |
| Median age | 51.5This ZIP51.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 17.9%This ZIP17.9% |
| Mean commute | 16.4 minThis ZIP16.4 min |
| Population density | 2,006.4 / sq miThis ZIP2,006.4 / sq mi |
Business and tax activity
| Business establishments | 11This ZIP11 |
|---|---|
| Employees | 107This ZIP107 |
| Annual payroll | $3,522,000This ZIP$3,522,000 |
Land area
| Land area | 0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
Other place names in 17550
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 17550
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
17547 | Marietta, PA | 0.3 mi |
17570 | Rheems, PA | 3.6 mi |
17552 | Mount Joy, PA | 4.5 mi |
17405 | York, PA | 4.6 mi |
17502 | Bainbridge, PA | 4.8 mi |
17406 | York, PA | 5.1 mi |
17347 | Mount Wolf, PA | 5.2 mi |
17512 | Columbia, PA | 5.7 mi |
17022 | Elizabethtown, PA | 6.5 mi |
17368 | Wrightsville, PA | 7.1 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 17550?
17550 is in Maytown, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0749, -76.5835.
What county is 17550 in?
17550 lies in Lancaster County.
What area code is 17550?
Maytown uses area codes 223 and 717, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 17550 in?
17550 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 17550?
About 313 people live in ZIP code 17550, in 146 households, at 2,006.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 17550?
The closest are 17547 (0.3 mi), 17570 (3.6 mi), 17552 (4.5 mi), 17405 (4.6 mi) and 17502 (4.8 mi).
Is 17550 a PO Box ZIP code?
17550 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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