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17870

ZIP 17870 is Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, mostly in Snyder County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Snyder +1 more
Metro area
Selinsgrove, PA
Population
14,490
Coordinates
40.8080, -76.8878
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Where 17870 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17870
  • 🔢 Type 17870 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,870 = 2 × 5 × 1787. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17868 (Riverside, PA, 17 mi away) and 17872 (Shamokin, PA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17870 becomes 07871 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sparta, NJ, 119 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01778, 07718, 07871, 17078, 17087, 18077, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87107 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,659 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,142 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17870 and you would come out at 40.81°S, 103.11°E — 935 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 45.8 square miles of land, 17870 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,490This ZIP14,490
Households5,207This ZIP5,207
Housing units5,815This ZIP5,815
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$70,339This ZIP$70,339Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$236,800This ZIP$236,800Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$973This ZIP$973Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.5%This ZIP29.5%
Mean commute19.5 minThis ZIP19.5 min
Population density316.3 / sq miThis ZIP316.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments394This ZIP394
Employees7,988This ZIP7,988
Annual payroll$272,357,000This ZIP$272,357,000
Tax returns filed6,390This ZIP6,390
Total adjusted gross income$470,516,000This ZIP$470,516,000

Land area

Land area45.81 sq miThis ZIP45.81 sq mi
Water area0.81 sq miThis ZIP0.81 sq mi

Counties 17870 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Snyder County 97.9%
Union County 2.1%

Other place names in 17870

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ZIP codes near 17870

ZIPCityDistance
17831 Hummels Wharf, PA 3.3 mi
17833 Kreamer, PA 4.0 mi
17876 Shamokin Dam, PA 4.7 mi
17889 Winfield, PA 5.1 mi
17827 Freeburg, PA 5.7 mi
17801 Sunbury, PA 6.9 mi
17855 New Berlin, PA 7.0 mi
17864 Port Trevorton, PA 7.2 mi
17823 Dornsife, PA 7.2 mi
17842 Middleburg, PA 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17870?

17870 is in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County, part of the Selinsgrove, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8080, -76.8878.

What county is 17870 in?

17870 spans 2 counties: Snyder County and Union 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 17870?

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

What time zone is 17870 in?

17870 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17870?

About 14,490 people live in ZIP code 17870, in 5,207 households, at 316.3 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 17870?

$70,339 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17870?

The closest are 17831 (3.3 mi), 17833 (4 mi), 17876 (4.7 mi), 17889 (5.1 mi) and 17827 (5.7 mi).

Is 17870 a PO Box ZIP code?

17870 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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