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17876

ZIP 17876 is Shamokin Dam, 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
1,827
Coordinates
40.8582, -76.8258
☼ Live from 17876 — Shamokin Dam, PA

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Where 17876 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17876
  • 🔢 Type 17876 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,876 = 2 × 2 × 41 × 109. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17872 (Shamokin, PA, 10 mi away) and 17877 (Snydertown, PA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17876 becomes 67871 — and that is a real ZIP code: Scott City, KS, 1,287 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16877, 17768, 17867, 18767, 61778, 61877, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87176 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,666 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,145 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17876 and you would come out at 40.86°S, 103.17°E — 934 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 1.8 square miles of land, 17876 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,827This ZIP1,827
Households748This ZIP748
Housing units781This ZIP781
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$70,972This ZIP$70,972Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$203,500This ZIP$203,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$926This ZIP$926Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.6%This ZIP22.6%
Mean commute22.2 minThis ZIP22.2 min
Population density999.5 / sq miThis ZIP999.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments78This ZIP78
Employees907This ZIP907
Annual payroll$29,282,000This ZIP$29,282,000
Tax returns filed870This ZIP870
Total adjusted gross income$52,161,000This ZIP$52,161,000

Land area

Land area1.83 sq miThis ZIP1.83 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 17876

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ZIP codes near 17876

ZIPCityDistance
17831 Hummels Wharf, PA 1.7 mi
17801 Sunbury, PA 3.7 mi
17870 Selinsgrove, PA 4.7 mi
17889 Winfield, PA 5.2 mi
17857 Northumberland, PA 5.8 mi
17850 Montandon, PA 7.7 mi
17855 New Berlin, PA 7.7 mi
17833 Kreamer, PA 8.2 mi
17823 Dornsife, PA 8.2 mi
17877 Snydertown, PA 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17876?

17876 is in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, in Snyder County, part of the Selinsgrove, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8582, -76.8258.

What county is 17876 in?

17876 lies in Snyder County.

What area code is 17876?

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

What time zone is 17876 in?

17876 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17876?

About 1,827 people live in ZIP code 17876, in 748 households, at 999.5 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 17876?

$70,972 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17876?

The closest are 17831 (1.7 mi), 17801 (3.7 mi), 17870 (4.7 mi), 17889 (5.2 mi) and 17857 (5.8 mi).

Is 17876 a PO Box ZIP code?

17876 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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