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17827

ZIP 17827 is Freeburg, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Snyder
Metro area
Selinsgrove, PA
Population
877
Coordinates
40.7529, -76.9680
☼ Live from 17827 — Freeburg, PA

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Where 17827 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17827
  • 🔢 Type 17827 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17827 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010110100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17824 (Elysburg, PA, 26 mi away) and 17829 (Hartleton, PA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17827 becomes 72871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12778, 12787, 17728, 17872, 21778, 21787, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87712 in Buena Vista, NM, 1,558 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,138 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17827 and you would come out at 40.75°S, 103.03°E — 936 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 2.0 square miles of land, 17827 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population877This ZIP877
Households337This ZIP337
Housing units372This ZIP372
Median age50.2This ZIP50.2Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$61,806This ZIP$61,806Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$186,100This ZIP$186,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,076This ZIP$1,076Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.9%This ZIP21.9%
Mean commute24.6 minThis ZIP24.6 min
Population density433.1 / sq miThis ZIP433.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees73This ZIP73
Annual payroll$2,455,000This ZIP$2,455,000
Tax returns filed380This ZIP380
Total adjusted gross income$23,389,000This ZIP$23,389,000

Land area

Land area2.03 sq miThis ZIP2.03 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17827

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

ZIP codes near 17827

ZIPCityDistance
17833 Kreamer, PA 3.5 mi
17864 Port Trevorton, PA 4.7 mi
17853 Mount Pleasant Mills, PA 5.0 mi
17842 Middleburg, PA 5.2 mi
17870 Selinsgrove, PA 5.7 mi
17861 Paxtonville, PA 5.9 mi
17862 Penns Creek, PA 8.8 mi
17831 Hummels Wharf, PA 8.9 mi
17889 Winfield, PA 9.0 mi
17086 Richfield, PA 9.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17827?

17827 is in Freeburg, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County, part of the Selinsgrove, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7529, -76.9680.

What county is 17827 in?

17827 lies in Snyder County.

What area code is 17827?

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

What time zone is 17827 in?

17827 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17827?

About 877 people live in ZIP code 17827, in 337 households, at 433.1 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 17827?

$61,806 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17827?

The closest are 17833 (3.5 mi), 17864 (4.7 mi), 17853 (5 mi), 17842 (5.2 mi) and 17870 (5.7 mi).

Is 17827 a PO Box ZIP code?

17827 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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