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17861

ZIP 17861 is Paxtonville, 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
152
Coordinates
40.7746, -77.0762
☼ Live from 17861 — Paxtonville, PA

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Where 17861 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17861
  • 🔢 Type 17861 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,861 = 53 × 337. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17860 (Paxinos, PA, 25 mi away) and 17862 (Penns Creek, PA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17861 becomes 16871 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pottersdale, PA, 58 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11768, 11786, 16871, 18617, 61817, 61871, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87116 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,647 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,132 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17861 and you would come out at 40.77°S, 102.92°E — 941 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.482 square miles of land, 17861 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 233 football fields.
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People and housing

Population152This ZIP152
Households53This ZIP53
Housing units53This ZIP53
Median age35.6This ZIP35.6Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$66,607This ZIP$66,607Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$212,900This ZIP$212,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Mean commute19.8 minThis ZIP19.8 min
Population density315.4 / sq miThis ZIP315.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees42This ZIP42
Annual payroll$1,946,000This ZIP$1,946,000

Land area

Land area0.48 sq miThis ZIP0.48 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17861

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

ZIP codes near 17861

ZIPCityDistance
17842 Middleburg, PA 2.5 mi
17813 Beavertown, PA 5.7 mi
17827 Freeburg, PA 5.9 mi
17862 Penns Creek, PA 6.0 mi
17833 Kreamer, PA 6.2 mi
17086 Richfield, PA 6.3 mi
17853 Mount Pleasant Mills, PA 6.9 mi
17882 Troxelville, PA 7.0 mi
17843 Beaver Springs, PA 7.2 mi
17880 Swengel, PA 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17861?

17861 is in Paxtonville, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County, part of the Selinsgrove, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7746, -77.0762.

What county is 17861 in?

17861 lies in Snyder County.

What area code is 17861?

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

What time zone is 17861 in?

17861 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17861?

About 152 people live in ZIP code 17861, in 53 households, at 315.4 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 17861?

$66,607 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17861?

The closest are 17842 (2.5 mi), 17813 (5.7 mi), 17827 (5.9 mi), 17862 (6 mi) and 17833 (6.2 mi).

Is 17861 a PO Box ZIP code?

17861 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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