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17868

ZIP 17868 is Riverside, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
Metro area
Sunbury, PA
Population
719
Coordinates
40.9554, -76.6310
☼ Live from 17868 — Riverside, PA

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Where 17868 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17868
  • 🔢 Type 17868 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,868 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 1489. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17867 (Rebuck, PA, 17 mi away) and 17870 (Selinsgrove, PA, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17868 becomes 86871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16878, 17886, 61878, 68178, 68718, 68781, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78861 in Hondo, TX, 1,494 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,155 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17868 and you would come out at 40.96°S, 103.37°E — 930 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 0.346 square miles of land, 17868 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 167 football fields.
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People and housing

Population719This ZIP719
Households357This ZIP357
Housing units375This ZIP375
Median age48.1This ZIP48.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$76,250This ZIP$76,250Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$247,200This ZIP$247,200Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$973This ZIP$973Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.5%This ZIP41.5%
Mean commute19.0 minThis ZIP19.0 min
Population density2,078.0 / sq miThis ZIP2,078.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees260This ZIP260
Annual payroll$28,817,000This ZIP$28,817,000

Land area

Land area0.35 sq miThis ZIP0.35 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17868

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ZIP codes near 17868

ZIPCityDistance
17822 Danville, PA 1.7 mi
17821 Danville, PA 2.5 mi
17877 Snydertown, PA 5.6 mi
17884 Washingtonville, PA 7.1 mi
17857 Northumberland, PA 7.6 mi
17860 Paxinos, PA 8.2 mi
17865 Potts Grove, PA 8.6 mi
17824 Elysburg, PA 9.4 mi
17847 Milton, PA 10.1 mi
17801 Sunbury, PA 10.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17868?

17868 is in Riverside, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County, part of the Sunbury, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9554, -76.6310.

What county is 17868 in?

17868 lies in Northumberland County.

What area code is 17868?

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

What time zone is 17868 in?

17868 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17868?

About 719 people live in ZIP code 17868, in 357 households, at 2,078.0 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 17868?

$76,250 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17868?

The closest are 17822 (1.7 mi), 17821 (2.5 mi), 17877 (5.6 mi), 17884 (7.1 mi) and 17857 (7.6 mi).

Is 17868 a PO Box ZIP code?

17868 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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