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17581

ZIP 17581 is Terre Hill, 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
180
Coordinates
40.1558, -76.0550
☼ Live from 17581 — Terre Hill, PA

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Where 17581 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17581
  • 🔢 Type 17581 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBSLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17581 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010010101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17580 (Talmage, PA, 9 mi away) and 17582 (Washington Boro, PA, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17581 becomes 18571, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11758, 15781, 17518, 17815, 17851, 18517, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85711 in Tucson, AZ, 2,004 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,189 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17581 and you would come out at 40.16°S, 103.95°E — 873 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 0.376 square miles of land, 17581 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 182 football fields.
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People and housing

Population180This ZIP180
Households73This ZIP73
Housing units73This ZIP73
Median age68.3This ZIP68.3Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median home value$285,200This ZIP$285,200Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$842This ZIP$842Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Mean commute18.3 minThis ZIP18.3 min
Population density478.7 / sq miThis ZIP478.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees248This ZIP248
Annual payroll$12,698,000This ZIP$12,698,000
Tax returns filed580This ZIP580
Total adjusted gross income$36,858,000This ZIP$36,858,000

Land area

Land area0.38 sq miThis ZIP0.38 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17581

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ZIP codes near 17581

ZIPCityDistance
17549 Martindale, PA 1.7 mi
17519 East Earl, PA 1.9 mi
17506 Blue Ball, PA 2.7 mi
17528 Goodville, PA 3.4 mi
17507 Bowmansville, PA 3.6 mi
17557 New Holland, PA 3.8 mi
17567 Reamstown, PA 4.9 mi
17555 Narvon, PA 5.6 mi
19501 Adamstown, PA 6.2 mi
17522 Ephrata, PA 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17581?

17581 is in Terre Hill, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1558, -76.0550.

What county is 17581 in?

17581 lies in Lancaster County.

What area code is 17581?

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

What time zone is 17581 in?

17581 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17581?

About 180 people live in ZIP code 17581, in 73 households, at 478.7 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 17581?

The closest are 17549 (1.7 mi), 17519 (1.9 mi), 17506 (2.7 mi), 17528 (3.4 mi) and 17507 (3.6 mi).

Is 17581 a PO Box ZIP code?

17581 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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