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17801

ZIP 17801 is Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
Metro area
Sunbury, PA
Population
16,429
Coordinates
40.8374, -76.7607
☼ Live from 17801 — Sunbury, PA

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Where 17801 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17801
  • 🔢 Type 17801 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,801 = 7 × 2543. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010110001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17779 (Woolrich, PA, 41 mi away) and 17810 (Allenwood, PA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17801 becomes 10871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01718, 10178, 11780, 17018, 17081, 17108, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87101 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,667 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,148 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17801 and you would come out at 40.84°S, 103.24°E — 931 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 66.1 square miles of land, 17801 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,429This ZIP16,429
Households7,016This ZIP7,016
Housing units7,765This ZIP7,765
Median age45.8This ZIP45.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$60,664This ZIP$60,664Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$153,500This ZIP$153,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$744This ZIP$744Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.1%This ZIP17.1%
Mean commute24.0 minThis ZIP24.0 min
Population density248.5 / sq miThis ZIP248.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments324This ZIP324
Employees4,864This ZIP4,864
Annual payroll$252,836,000This ZIP$252,836,000
Tax returns filed7,750This ZIP7,750
Total adjusted gross income$426,772,000This ZIP$426,772,000

Land area

Land area66.12 sq miThis ZIP66.12 sq mi
Water area5.93 sq miThis ZIP5.93 sq mi

Other place names in 17801

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

ZIP codes near 17801

ZIPCityDistance
17876 Shamokin Dam, PA 3.7 mi
17831 Hummels Wharf, PA 3.9 mi
17881 Trevorton, PA 5.5 mi
17877 Snydertown, PA 5.7 mi
17823 Dornsife, PA 6.4 mi
17857 Northumberland, PA 6.6 mi
17872 Shamokin, PA 6.7 mi
17870 Selinsgrove, PA 6.9 mi
17860 Paxinos, PA 8.2 mi
17889 Winfield, PA 8.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17801?

17801 is in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County, part of the Sunbury, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8374, -76.7607.

What county is 17801 in?

17801 lies in Northumberland County.

What area code is 17801?

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

What time zone is 17801 in?

17801 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17801?

About 16,429 people live in ZIP code 17801, in 7,016 households, at 248.5 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 17801?

$60,664 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17801?

The closest are 17876 (3.7 mi), 17831 (3.9 mi), 17881 (5.5 mi), 17877 (5.7 mi) and 17823 (6.4 mi).

Is 17801 a PO Box ZIP code?

17801 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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