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17853

ZIP 17853 is Mount Pleasant Mills, Pennsylvania, mostly in Snyder County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Snyder +1 more
Metro area
Selinsgrove, PA
Population
2,993
Coordinates
40.6880, -77.0107
☼ Live from 17853 — Mount Pleasant Mills, PA

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Where 17853 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17853
  • 🔢 Type 17853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,853 = 3 × 11 × 541. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010110111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17851 (Mount Carmel, PA, 32 mi away) and 17855 (New Berlin, PA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17853 becomes 35871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13758, 15378, 15738, 15783, 17358, 17538, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85371 in Poston, AZ, 2,089 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,136 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17853 and you would come out at 40.69°S, 102.99°E — 935 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 43.5 square miles of land, 17853 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,993This ZIP2,993
Households1,093This ZIP1,093
Housing units1,164This ZIP1,164
Median age42.0This ZIP42.0Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$63,787This ZIP$63,787Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$225,900This ZIP$225,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$916This ZIP$916Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.5%This ZIP11.5%
Mean commute23.9 minThis ZIP23.9 min
Population density68.8 / sq miThis ZIP68.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments69This ZIP69
Employees625This ZIP625
Annual payroll$27,144,000This ZIP$27,144,000
Tax returns filed1,430This ZIP1,430
Total adjusted gross income$90,923,000This ZIP$90,923,000

Land area

Land area43.49 sq miThis ZIP43.49 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Counties 17853 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Snyder County 81.8%
Juniata County 18.2%

Other place names in 17853

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

ZIP codes near 17853

ZIPCityDistance
17827 Freeburg, PA 5.0 mi
17864 Port Trevorton, PA 5.6 mi
17086 Richfield, PA 5.8 mi
17045 Liverpool, PA 6.3 mi
17861 Paxtonville, PA 6.9 mi
17017 Dalmatia, PA 7.2 mi
17842 Middleburg, PA 8.0 mi
17833 Kreamer, PA 8.3 mi
17014 Cocolamus, PA 9.8 mi
17061 Millersburg, PA 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17853?

17853 is in Mount Pleasant Mills, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County, part of the Selinsgrove, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6880, -77.0107.

What county is 17853 in?

17853 spans 2 counties: Snyder County and Juniata County. Most of it falls in Snyder 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 17853?

Mount Pleasant Mills uses area codes 570 and 272, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17853 in?

17853 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17853?

About 2,993 people live in ZIP code 17853, in 1,093 households, at 68.8 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 17853?

$63,787 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17853?

The closest are 17827 (5 mi), 17864 (5.6 mi), 17086 (5.8 mi), 17045 (6.3 mi) and 17861 (6.9 mi).

Is 17853 a PO Box ZIP code?

17853 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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