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17901

ZIP 17901 is Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Schuylkill
Metro area
Pottsville, PA
Population
22,371
Coordinates
40.6947, -76.2748
☼ Live from 17901 — Pottsville, PA

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Where 17901 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17901
  • 🔢 Type 17901 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,901 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 13 × 17. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100010111101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17889 (Winfield, PA, 36 mi away) and 17920 (Aristes, PA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17901 becomes 10971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01719, 01971, 07191, 09171, 10179, 10917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09171 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,850 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,174 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17901 and you would come out at 40.69°S, 103.73°E — 905 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 79.4 square miles of land, 17901 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,371This ZIP22,371
Households10,008This ZIP10,008
Housing units11,278This ZIP11,278
Median age46.5This ZIP46.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$62,484This ZIP$62,484Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$152,100This ZIP$152,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$825This ZIP$825Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.0%This ZIP23.0%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density281.7 / sq miThis ZIP281.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments628This ZIP628
Employees12,965This ZIP12,965
Annual payroll$691,360,000This ZIP$691,360,000
Tax returns filed10,950This ZIP10,950
Total adjusted gross income$928,248,000This ZIP$928,248,000

Land area

Land area79.42 sq miThis ZIP79.42 sq mi
Water area0.46 sq miThis ZIP0.46 sq mi

Other place names in 17901

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ZIP codes near 17901

ZIPCityDistance
17954 Minersville, PA 0.8 mi
17951 Mar Lin, PA 1.9 mi
17974 Seltzer, PA 2.0 mi
17944 Llewellyn, PA 2.5 mi
17923 Branchdale, PA 3.3 mi
17970 Saint Clair, PA 4.8 mi
17936 Gordon, PA 5.1 mi
17965 Port Carbon, PA 5.7 mi
17921 Ashland, PA 6.0 mi
17929 Cressona, PA 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17901?

17901 is in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6947, -76.2748.

What county is 17901 in?

17901 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17901?

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

What time zone is 17901 in?

17901 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17901?

About 22,371 people live in ZIP code 17901, in 10,008 households, at 281.7 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 17901?

$62,484 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17901?

The closest are 17954 (0.8 mi), 17951 (1.9 mi), 17974 (2 mi), 17944 (2.5 mi) and 17923 (3.3 mi).

Is 17901 a PO Box ZIP code?

17901 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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