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17820

ZIP 17820 is Catawissa, Pennsylvania, mostly in Columbia County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Columbia +1 more
Population
5,499
Coordinates
40.8956, -76.4037
☼ Live from 17820 — Catawissa, PA

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Where 17820 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17820
  • 🔢 Type 17820 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,820 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 11. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010110011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17815 (Bloomsburg, PA, 9 mi away) and 17821 (Danville, PA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17820 becomes 02871 — and that is a real ZIP code: Portsmouth, RI, 271 miles away.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01827, 02187, 02718, 02817, 02871, 07821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87021 in Milan, NM, 1,747 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,167 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17820 and you would come out at 40.90°S, 103.60°E — 919 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 86.7 square miles of land, 17820 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 66 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,499This ZIP5,499
Households2,312This ZIP2,312
Housing units2,647This ZIP2,647
Median age43.8This ZIP43.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$67,685This ZIP$67,685Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$214,800This ZIP$214,800Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$801This ZIP$801Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.7%This ZIP28.7%
Mean commute24.9 minThis ZIP24.9 min
Population density63.4 / sq miThis ZIP63.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments69This ZIP69
Employees421This ZIP421
Annual payroll$13,647,000This ZIP$13,647,000
Tax returns filed2,780This ZIP2,780
Total adjusted gross income$189,041,000This ZIP$189,041,000

Land area

Land area86.71 sq miThis ZIP86.71 sq mi
Water area1.16 sq miThis ZIP1.16 sq mi

Counties 17820 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Columbia County 94.1%
Montour County 5.9%

Other place names in 17820

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ZIP codes near 17820

ZIPCityDistance
17858 Numidia, PA 3.8 mi
17824 Elysburg, PA 5.0 mi
17888 Wilburton, PA 5.5 mi
17851 Mount Carmel, PA 6.5 mi
17832 Marion Heights, PA 6.8 mi
17920 Aristes, PA 7.0 mi
17945 Locustdale, PA 7.8 mi
17840 Locust Gap, PA 8.5 mi
17834 Kulpmont, PA 8.6 mi
17985 Zion Grove, PA 8.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17820?

17820 is in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County, part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8956, -76.4037.

What county is 17820 in?

17820 spans 2 counties: Columbia County and Montour County. Most of it falls in Columbia County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 17820?

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

What time zone is 17820 in?

17820 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17820?

About 5,499 people live in ZIP code 17820, in 2,312 households, at 63.4 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 17820?

$67,685 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17820?

The closest are 17858 (3.8 mi), 17824 (5 mi), 17888 (5.5 mi), 17851 (6.5 mi) and 17832 (6.8 mi).

Is 17820 a PO Box ZIP code?

17820 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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