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17934

ZIP 17934 is Gilberton, 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
417
Coordinates
40.7992, -76.2134
☼ Live from 17934 — Gilberton, PA

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Where 17934 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17934
  • 🔢 Type 17934 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,934 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 7 × 61. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17933 (Friedensburg, PA, 14 mi away) and 17935 (Girardville, PA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17934 becomes 43971 — and that is a real ZIP code: Yorkville, OH, 241 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13479, 13749, 13794, 14739, 17349, 17943, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94137 in San Francisco, CA, 2,451 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,177 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17934 and you would come out at 40.80°S, 103.79°E — 907 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.747 square miles of land, 17934 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 362 football fields.
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People and housing

Population417This ZIP417
Households145This ZIP145
Housing units182This ZIP182
Median age39.7This ZIP39.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$69,659This ZIP$69,659Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$44,000This ZIP$44,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher8.4%This ZIP8.4%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density558.2 / sq miThis ZIP558.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees99This ZIP99
Annual payroll$8,189,000This ZIP$8,189,000
Tax returns filed140This ZIP140
Total adjusted gross income$7,785,000This ZIP$7,785,000

Land area

Land area0.75 sq miThis ZIP0.75 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 17934

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ZIP codes near 17934

ZIPCityDistance
17931 Frackville, PA 0.9 mi
17949 Mahanoy Plane, PA 1.2 mi
17932 Frackville, PA 1.4 mi
17976 Shenandoah, PA 1.4 mi
17946 Lost Creek, PA 2.4 mi
17935 Girardville, PA 3.5 mi
17948 Mahanoy City, PA 3.9 mi
17959 New Philadelphia, PA 4.8 mi
17967 Ringtown, PA 4.9 mi
17970 Saint Clair, PA 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17934?

17934 is in Gilberton, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7992, -76.2134.

What county is 17934 in?

17934 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17934?

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

What time zone is 17934 in?

17934 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17934?

About 417 people live in ZIP code 17934, in 145 households, at 558.2 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 17934?

$69,659 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17934?

The closest are 17931 (0.9 mi), 17949 (1.2 mi), 17932 (1.4 mi), 17976 (1.4 mi) and 17946 (2.4 mi).

Is 17934 a PO Box ZIP code?

17934 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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