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17886

ZIP 17886 is West Milton, Pennsylvania, in Union County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Union
Metro area
Lewisburg, PA
Population
804
Coordinates
41.0182, -76.8761
☼ Live from 17886 — West Milton, PA

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Where 17886 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17886
  • 🔢 Type 17886 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,886 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 271. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17885 (Weikert, PA, 25 mi away) and 17887 (White Deer, PA, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17886 becomes 68871 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rockville, NE, 1,142 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16878, 17868, 61878, 68178, 68718, 68781, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78861 in Hondo, TX, 1,485 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% 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 17886 and you would come out at 41.02°S, 103.12°E — 943 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 0.786 square miles of land, 17886 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 380 football fields.
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People and housing

Population804This ZIP804
Households415This ZIP415
Housing units415This ZIP415
Median age67.9This ZIP67.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$47,574This ZIP$47,574Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$174,200This ZIP$174,200Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$695This ZIP$695Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.4%This ZIP17.4%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density1,022.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,022.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees117This ZIP117
Annual payroll$7,284,000This ZIP$7,284,000
Tax returns filed420This ZIP420
Total adjusted gross income$23,399,000This ZIP$23,399,000

Land area

Land area0.79 sq miThis ZIP0.79 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17886

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ZIP codes near 17886

ZIPCityDistance
17847 Milton, PA 3.5 mi
17850 Montandon, PA 3.6 mi
17887 White Deer, PA 4.1 mi
17837 Lewisburg, PA 4.7 mi
17749 Mc Ewensville, PA 5.0 mi
17865 Potts Grove, PA 5.0 mi
17730 Dewart, PA 6.1 mi
17777 Watsontown, PA 6.7 mi
17856 New Columbia, PA 7.1 mi
17883 Vicksburg, PA 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17886?

17886 is in West Milton, Pennsylvania, in Union County, part of the Lewisburg, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0182, -76.8761.

What county is 17886 in?

17886 lies in Union County.

What area code is 17886?

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

What time zone is 17886 in?

17886 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17886?

About 804 people live in ZIP code 17886, in 415 households, at 1,022.9 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 17886?

$47,574 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17886?

The closest are 17847 (3.5 mi), 17850 (3.6 mi), 17887 (4.1 mi), 17837 (4.7 mi) and 17749 (5 mi).

Is 17886 a PO Box ZIP code?

17886 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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