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17552

ZIP 17552 is Mount Joy, 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
19,761
Coordinates
40.1084, -76.5109
☼ Live from 17552 — Mount Joy, PA

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Where 17552 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17552
  • 🔢 Type 17552 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSSLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,552 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 1097. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010010010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17551 (Millersville, PA, 12 mi away) and 17554 (Mountville, PA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17552 becomes 25571 — and that is a real ZIP code: West Hamlin, WV, 327 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12575, 15257, 15275, 15725, 15752, 17255, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57521 in Belvidere, SD, 1,288 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,166 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17552 and you would come out at 40.11°S, 103.49°E — 890 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 32.6 square miles of land, 17552 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,761This ZIP19,761
Households8,368This ZIP8,368
Housing units8,653This ZIP8,653
Median age43.8This ZIP43.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$97,683This ZIP$97,683Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$292,500This ZIP$292,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,360This ZIP$1,360Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.3%This ZIP36.3%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density605.8 / sq miThis ZIP605.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments422This ZIP422
Employees7,050This ZIP7,050
Annual payroll$364,046,000This ZIP$364,046,000
Tax returns filed10,840This ZIP10,840
Total adjusted gross income$856,607,000This ZIP$856,607,000

Land area

Land area32.62 sq miThis ZIP32.62 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Other place names in 17552

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

ZIP codes near 17552

ZIPCityDistance
17570 Rheems, PA 3.4 mi
17550 Maytown, PA 4.5 mi
17547 Marietta, PA 4.7 mi
17512 Columbia, PA 4.9 mi
17575 Silver Spring, PA 5.0 mi
17538 Landisville, PA 5.4 mi
17545 Manheim, PA 6.5 mi
17554 Mountville, PA 6.6 mi
17022 Elizabethtown, PA 6.6 mi
17041 Lawn, PA 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17552?

17552 is in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1084, -76.5109.

What county is 17552 in?

17552 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 17552?

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

What time zone is 17552 in?

17552 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17552?

About 19,761 people live in ZIP code 17552, in 8,368 households, at 605.8 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 17552?

$97,683 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17552?

The closest are 17570 (3.4 mi), 17550 (4.5 mi), 17547 (4.7 mi), 17512 (4.9 mi) and 17575 (5 mi).

Is 17552 a PO Box ZIP code?

17552 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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