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17859

ZIP 17859 is Orangeville, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Columbia
Population
2,701
Coordinates
41.1168, -76.3985
☼ Live from 17859 — Orangeville, PA

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Where 17859 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17859
  • 🔢 Type 17859 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,859 = 3 × 5953. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17858 (Numidia, PA, 19 mi away) and 17860 (Paxinos, PA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17859 becomes 95871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (17985, 18957, 57198, 59718, 59871, 71859, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95817 in Sacramento, CA, 2,371 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,166 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17859 and you would come out at 41.12°S, 103.60°E — 928 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 37.8 square miles of land, 17859 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,701This ZIP2,701
Households1,051This ZIP1,051
Housing units1,336This ZIP1,336
Median age48.8This ZIP48.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$75,515This ZIP$75,515Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$224,800This ZIP$224,800Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$842This ZIP$842Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density71.5 / sq miThis ZIP71.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments32This ZIP32
Employees367This ZIP367
Annual payroll$12,046,000This ZIP$12,046,000
Tax returns filed1,390This ZIP1,390
Total adjusted gross income$92,217,000This ZIP$92,217,000

Land area

Land area37.78 sq miThis ZIP37.78 sq mi
Water area0.31 sq miThis ZIP0.31 sq mi

Other place names in 17859

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

ZIP codes near 17859

ZIPCityDistance
17878 Stillwater, PA 5.7 mi
17846 Millville, PA 6.4 mi
17815 Bloomsburg, PA 6.7 mi
18611 Cambra, PA 7.4 mi
18631 Mifflinville, PA 7.8 mi
18603 Berwick, PA 8.2 mi
18622 Huntington Mills, PA 8.7 mi
17814 Benton, PA 9.9 mi
18655 Shickshinny, PA 11.3 mi
18635 Nescopeck, PA 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17859?

17859 is in Orangeville, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County, part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1168, -76.3985.

What county is 17859 in?

17859 lies in Columbia County.

What area code is 17859?

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

What time zone is 17859 in?

17859 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17859?

About 2,701 people live in ZIP code 17859, in 1,051 households, at 71.5 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 17859?

$75,515 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17859?

The closest are 17878 (5.7 mi), 17846 (6.4 mi), 17815 (6.7 mi), 18611 (7.4 mi) and 18631 (7.8 mi).

Is 17859 a PO Box ZIP code?

17859 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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