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17862

ZIP 17862 is Penns Creek, 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
530
Coordinates
40.8605, -77.0564
☼ Live from 17862 — Penns Creek, PA

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Where 17862 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17862
  • 🔢 Type 17862 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,862 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 229. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17861 (Paxtonville, PA, 6 mi away) and 17864 (Port Trevorton, PA, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17862 becomes 26871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12768, 12786, 16728, 16827, 16872, 17268, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82716 in Gillette, WY, 1,466 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,133 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17862 and you would come out at 40.86°S, 102.94°E — 944 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.373 square miles of land, 17862 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 181 football fields.
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People and housing

Population530This ZIP530
Households145This ZIP145
Housing units169This ZIP169
Median age28.3This ZIP28.3Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$52,868This ZIP$52,868Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$181,300This ZIP$181,300Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher12.4%This ZIP12.4%
Mean commute18.1 minThis ZIP18.1 min
Population density1,420.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,420.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees88This ZIP88
Annual payroll$1,513,000This ZIP$1,513,000

Land area

Land area0.37 sq miThis ZIP0.37 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17862

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

ZIP codes near 17862

ZIPCityDistance
17880 Swengel, PA 4.1 mi
17842 Middleburg, PA 4.1 mi
17855 New Berlin, PA 5.1 mi
17829 Hartleton, PA 5.9 mi
17861 Paxtonville, PA 6.0 mi
17833 Kreamer, PA 6.3 mi
17883 Vicksburg, PA 6.5 mi
17844 Mifflinburg, PA 7.0 mi
17889 Winfield, PA 7.2 mi
17835 Laurelton, PA 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17862?

17862 is in Penns Creek, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County, part of the Selinsgrove, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8605, -77.0564.

What county is 17862 in?

17862 lies in Snyder County.

What area code is 17862?

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

What time zone is 17862 in?

17862 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17862?

About 530 people live in ZIP code 17862, in 145 households, at 1,420.9 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 17862?

$52,868 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17862?

The closest are 17880 (4.1 mi), 17842 (4.1 mi), 17855 (5.1 mi), 17829 (5.9 mi) and 17861 (6 mi).

Is 17862 a PO Box ZIP code?

17862 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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