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17929

ZIP 17929 is Cressona, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Schuylkill
Metro area
Pottsville, PA
Population
1,432
Coordinates
40.6311, -76.1928
☼ Live from 17929 — Cressona, PA

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Where 17929 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17929
  • 🔢 Type 17929 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GZGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17929 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17925 (Brockton, PA, 11 mi away) and 17930 (Cumbola, PA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17929 becomes 92971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12979, 12997, 27199, 27919, 71929, 72199, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99721 in Anaktuvuk Pass, AK, 3,285 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,179 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17929 and you would come out at 40.63°S, 103.81°E — 899 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 1.1 square miles of land, 17929 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 550 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,432This ZIP1,432
Households591This ZIP591
Housing units615This ZIP615
Median age36.8This ZIP36.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$73,424This ZIP$73,424Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$156,100This ZIP$156,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$929This ZIP$929Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.3%This ZIP24.3%
Mean commute23.5 minThis ZIP23.5 min
Population density1,260.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,260.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees1,548This ZIP1,548
Annual payroll$110,390,000This ZIP$110,390,000
Tax returns filed860This ZIP860
Total adjusted gross income$49,162,000This ZIP$49,162,000

Land area

Land area1.14 sq miThis ZIP1.14 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17929

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

ZIP codes near 17929

ZIPCityDistance
17933 Friedensburg, PA 3.2 mi
17972 Schuylkill Haven, PA 4.0 mi
17951 Mar Lin, PA 4.3 mi
17979 Summit Station, PA 4.4 mi
17965 Port Carbon, PA 4.9 mi
17974 Seltzer, PA 5.0 mi
17954 Minersville, PA 5.4 mi
17944 Llewellyn, PA 5.4 mi
17922 Auburn, PA 5.5 mi
17901 Pottsville, PA 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17929?

17929 is in Cressona, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6311, -76.1928.

What county is 17929 in?

17929 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17929?

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

What time zone is 17929 in?

17929 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17929?

About 1,432 people live in ZIP code 17929, in 591 households, at 1,260.6 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 17929?

$73,424 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17929?

The closest are 17933 (3.2 mi), 17972 (4 mi), 17951 (4.3 mi), 17979 (4.4 mi) and 17965 (4.9 mi).

Is 17929 a PO Box ZIP code?

17929 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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