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17578

ZIP 17578 is Stevens, 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
7,504
Coordinates
40.2299, -76.1662
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Where 17578 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17578
  • 🔢 Type 17578 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLSLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,578 = 2 × 11 × 17 × 47. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010010101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17576 (Smoketown, PA, 13 mi away) and 17579 (Strasburg, PA, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17578 becomes 87571 — and that is a real ZIP code: Taos, NM, 1,602 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15778, 17758, 17857, 18577, 57718, 58771, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85717 in Tucson, AZ, 2,001 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% 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 17578 and you would come out at 40.23°S, 103.83°E — 881 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 14.0 square miles of land, 17578 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,504This ZIP7,504
Households2,438This ZIP2,438
Housing units2,453This ZIP2,453
Median age38.2This ZIP38.2Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$81,990This ZIP$81,990Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$314,900This ZIP$314,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,205This ZIP$1,205Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.5%This ZIP20.5%
Mean commute21.0 minThis ZIP21.0 min
Population density537.0 / sq miThis ZIP537.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments135This ZIP135
Employees1,405This ZIP1,405
Annual payroll$73,669,000This ZIP$73,669,000
Tax returns filed3,250This ZIP3,250
Total adjusted gross income$291,756,000This ZIP$291,756,000

Land area

Land area13.98 sq miThis ZIP13.98 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Other place names in 17578

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ZIP codes near 17578

ZIPCityDistance
17517 Denver, PA 2.0 mi
17567 Reamstown, PA 3.0 mi
17522 Ephrata, PA 3.9 mi
17569 Reinholds, PA 4.7 mi
17533 Hopeland, PA 5.0 mi
19501 Adamstown, PA 5.4 mi
17501 Akron, PA 5.5 mi
17039 Kleinfeltersville, PA 5.9 mi
17549 Martindale, PA 6.7 mi
17073 Newmanstown, PA 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17578?

17578 is in Stevens, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2299, -76.1662.

What county is 17578 in?

17578 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 17578?

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

What time zone is 17578 in?

17578 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17578?

About 7,504 people live in ZIP code 17578, in 2,438 households, at 537.0 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 17578?

$81,990 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17578?

The closest are 17517 (2 mi), 17567 (3 mi), 17522 (3.9 mi), 17569 (4.7 mi) and 17533 (5 mi).

Is 17578 a PO Box ZIP code?

17578 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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