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17888

ZIP 17888 is Wilburton, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Columbia
Population
446
Coordinates
40.8190, -76.3788
☼ Live from 17888 — Wilburton, PA

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Where 17888 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17888
  • 🔢 Type 17888 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBBLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,888 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 43. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17887 (White Deer, PA, 32 mi away) and 17889 (Winfield, PA, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17888 becomes 88871, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (78881). The farthest-flung twin is 78881 in Sabinal, TX, 1,520 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,168 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17888 and you would come out at 40.82°S, 103.62°E — 914 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 7.5 square miles of land, 17888 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population446This ZIP446
Households174This ZIP174
Housing units205This ZIP205
Median age48.1This ZIP48.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median home value$156,300This ZIP$156,300Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$677This ZIP$677Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.9%This ZIP39.9%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density59.2 / sq miThis ZIP59.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed150This ZIP150
Total adjusted gross income$8,760,000This ZIP$8,760,000

Land area

Land area7.53 sq miThis ZIP7.53 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Other place names in 17888

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

ZIP codes near 17888

ZIPCityDistance
17945 Locustdale, PA 2.3 mi
17920 Aristes, PA 2.6 mi
17851 Mount Carmel, PA 2.6 mi
17858 Numidia, PA 2.8 mi
17840 Locust Gap, PA 4.0 mi
17943 Lavelle, PA 4.0 mi
17832 Marion Heights, PA 4.1 mi
17921 Ashland, PA 4.8 mi
17936 Gordon, PA 5.2 mi
17834 Kulpmont, PA 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17888?

17888 is in Wilburton, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County, part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8190, -76.3788.

What county is 17888 in?

17888 lies in Columbia County.

What area code is 17888?

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

What time zone is 17888 in?

17888 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17888?

About 446 people live in ZIP code 17888, in 174 households, at 59.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 17888?

The closest are 17945 (2.3 mi), 17920 (2.6 mi), 17851 (2.6 mi), 17858 (2.8 mi) and 17840 (4 mi).

Is 17888 a PO Box ZIP code?

17888 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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