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17749

ZIP 17749 is Mc Ewensville, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
Metro area
Sunbury, PA
Population
234
Coordinates
41.0723, -76.8135
☼ Live from 17749 — Mc Ewensville, PA

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Where 17749 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17749
  • 🔢 Type 17749 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhLLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17749 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010101010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17748 (Mc Elhattan, PA, 28 mi away) and 17750 (Mackeyville, PA, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17749 becomes 94771, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14779, 17974, 19477, 47719, 47917, 47971, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94177 in San Francisco, CA, 2,417 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,145 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17749 and you would come out at 41.07°S, 103.19°E — 943 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 0.334 square miles of land, 17749 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 162 football fields.
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People and housing

Population234This ZIP234
Households88This ZIP88
Housing units106This ZIP106
Median age56.5This ZIP56.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$74,500This ZIP$74,500Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$196,900This ZIP$196,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$742This ZIP$742Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.2%This ZIP20.2%
Mean commute22.0 minThis ZIP22.0 min
Population density700.6 / sq miThis ZIP700.6 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.33 sq miThis ZIP0.33 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17749

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

ZIP codes near 17749

ZIPCityDistance
17777 Watsontown, PA 2.4 mi
17730 Dewart, PA 4.0 mi
17887 White Deer, PA 4.3 mi
17847 Milton, PA 4.4 mi
17886 West Milton, PA 5.0 mi
17865 Potts Grove, PA 6.0 mi
17772 Turbotville, PA 6.4 mi
17884 Washingtonville, PA 7.4 mi
17850 Montandon, PA 7.6 mi
17752 Montgomery, PA 9.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17749?

17749 is in Mc Ewensville, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County, part of the Sunbury, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0723, -76.8135.

What county is 17749 in?

17749 lies in Northumberland County.

What area code is 17749?

Mc Ewensville uses area codes 570 and 272, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17749 in?

17749 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17749?

About 234 people live in ZIP code 17749, in 88 households, at 700.6 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 17749?

$74,500 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17749?

The closest are 17777 (2.4 mi), 17730 (4 mi), 17887 (4.3 mi), 17847 (4.4 mi) and 17886 (5 mi).

Is 17749 a PO Box ZIP code?

17749 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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