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17842

ZIP 17842 is Middleburg, 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
8,266
Coordinates
40.8013, -77.0435
☼ Live from 17842 — Middleburg, PA

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Where 17842 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17842
  • 🔢 Type 17842 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,842 = 2 × 11 × 811. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010110110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17841 (Mc Clure, PA, 18 mi away) and 17843 (Beaver Springs, PA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17842 becomes 24871 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pageton, WV, 339 miles away.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12487, 12748, 12784, 12847, 12874, 14728, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84721 in Cedar City, UT, 1,928 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,134 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17842 and you would come out at 40.80°S, 102.96°E — 941 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 79.4 square miles of land, 17842 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,266This ZIP8,266
Households3,301This ZIP3,301
Housing units3,542This ZIP3,542
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$62,940This ZIP$62,940Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$210,500This ZIP$210,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$878This ZIP$878Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.5%This ZIP17.5%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density104.1 / sq miThis ZIP104.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments147This ZIP147
Employees1,813This ZIP1,813
Annual payroll$81,190,000This ZIP$81,190,000
Tax returns filed4,120This ZIP4,120
Total adjusted gross income$242,696,000This ZIP$242,696,000

Land area

Land area79.37 sq miThis ZIP79.37 sq mi
Water area0.51 sq miThis ZIP0.51 sq mi

Other place names in 17842

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ZIP codes near 17842

ZIPCityDistance
17861 Paxtonville, PA 2.5 mi
17862 Penns Creek, PA 4.1 mi
17833 Kreamer, PA 4.2 mi
17827 Freeburg, PA 5.2 mi
17855 New Berlin, PA 7.3 mi
17813 Beavertown, PA 7.4 mi
17880 Swengel, PA 7.5 mi
17853 Mount Pleasant Mills, PA 8.0 mi
17870 Selinsgrove, PA 8.2 mi
17889 Winfield, PA 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17842?

17842 is in Middleburg, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County, part of the Selinsgrove, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8013, -77.0435.

What county is 17842 in?

17842 lies in Snyder County.

What area code is 17842?

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

What time zone is 17842 in?

17842 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17842?

About 8,266 people live in ZIP code 17842, in 3,301 households, at 104.1 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 17842?

$62,940 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17842?

The closest are 17861 (2.5 mi), 17862 (4.1 mi), 17833 (4.2 mi), 17827 (5.2 mi) and 17855 (7.3 mi).

Is 17842 a PO Box ZIP code?

17842 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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