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17878

ZIP 17878 is Stillwater, Pennsylvania, mostly in Columbia County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Columbia +1 more
Population
1,488
Coordinates
41.1760, -76.3235
☼ Live from 17878 — Stillwater, PA

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Where 17878 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17878
  • 🔢 Type 17878 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,878 = 2 × 7 × 1277. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17877 (Snydertown, PA, 27 mi away) and 17880 (Swengel, PA, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17878 becomes 87871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (17887, 77881, 78718, 78871, 87187, 87718). The farthest-flung twin is 87187 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,694 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,170 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17878 and you would come out at 41.18°S, 103.68°E — 927 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 22.0 square miles of land, 17878 is bigger than 39% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,488This ZIP1,488
Households560This ZIP560
Housing units659This ZIP659
Median age49.0This ZIP49.0Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$68,125This ZIP$68,125Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$214,100This ZIP$214,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,083This ZIP$1,083Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.5%This ZIP22.5%
Mean commute32.2 minThis ZIP32.2 min
Population density67.6 / sq miThis ZIP67.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees199This ZIP199
Annual payroll$5,456,000This ZIP$5,456,000
Tax returns filed750This ZIP750
Total adjusted gross income$49,392,000This ZIP$49,392,000

Land area

Land area22.00 sq miThis ZIP22.00 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Counties 17878 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Columbia County 70.8%
Luzerne County 29.3%

Other place names in 17878

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

ZIP codes near 17878

ZIPCityDistance
18611 Cambra, PA 1.8 mi
18622 Huntington Mills, PA 3.1 mi
17859 Orangeville, PA 5.7 mi
17814 Benton, PA 6.2 mi
18655 Shickshinny, PA 6.3 mi
18603 Berwick, PA 7.5 mi
18631 Mifflinville, PA 10.1 mi
17846 Millville, PA 10.3 mi
18601 Beach Haven, PA 10.7 mi
17815 Bloomsburg, PA 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17878?

17878 is in Stillwater, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County, part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1760, -76.3235.

What county is 17878 in?

17878 spans 2 counties: Columbia County and Luzerne County. Most of it falls in Columbia 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 17878?

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

What time zone is 17878 in?

17878 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17878?

About 1,488 people live in ZIP code 17878, in 560 households, at 67.6 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 17878?

$68,125 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17878?

The closest are 18611 (1.8 mi), 18622 (3.1 mi), 17859 (5.7 mi), 17814 (6.2 mi) and 18655 (6.3 mi).

Is 17878 a PO Box ZIP code?

17878 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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