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17831

ZIP 17831 is Hummels Wharf, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Snyder
Metro area
Selinsgrove, PA
Coordinates
40.8344, -76.8354

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 17870, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 17831 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17831
  • 🔢 Type 17831 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,831 = 11 × 1621. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010110100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17830 (Herndon, PA, 10 mi away) and 17832 (Marion Heights, PA, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17831 becomes 13871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11378, 11738, 11783, 17318, 17813, 18371, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83711 in Boise, ID, 2,008 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,144 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17831 and you would come out at 40.83°S, 103.16°E — 934 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees674This ZIP674
Annual payroll$37,785,000This ZIP$37,785,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 17831

ZIPCityDistance
17876 Shamokin Dam, PA 1.7 mi
17870 Selinsgrove, PA 3.3 mi
17801 Sunbury, PA 3.9 mi
17889 Winfield, PA 5.4 mi
17823 Dornsife, PA 6.9 mi
17833 Kreamer, PA 7.1 mi
17857 Northumberland, PA 7.5 mi
17855 New Berlin, PA 7.9 mi
17881 Trevorton, PA 8.6 mi
17827 Freeburg, PA 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17831?

17831 is in Hummels Wharf, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County, part of the Selinsgrove, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8344, -76.8354.

What county is 17831 in?

17831 lies in Snyder County.

What area code is 17831?

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

What time zone is 17831 in?

17831 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 17831?

The closest are 17876 (1.7 mi), 17870 (3.3 mi), 17801 (3.9 mi), 17889 (5.4 mi) and 17823 (6.9 mi).

Is 17831 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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