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17945

ZIP 17945 is Locustdale, Pennsylvania, mostly in Columbia County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Columbia +1 more
Population
133
Coordinates
40.7854, -76.3755
☼ Live from 17945 — Locustdale, PA

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Where 17945 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17945
  • 🔢 Type 17945 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,945 = 5 × 37 × 97. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17944 (Llewellyn, PA, 10 mi away) and 17946 (Lost Creek, PA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17945 becomes 54971 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ripon, WI, 670 miles away.
  • 👥 39 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15479, 17549, 17954, 19457, 19475, 19547, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95417 in Branscomb, CA, 2,464 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,169 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17945 and you would come out at 40.79°S, 103.62°E — 913 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 1.1 square miles of land, 17945 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 510 football fields.
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People and housing

Population133This ZIP133
Households121This ZIP121
Housing units128This ZIP128
Median age58.6This ZIP58.6Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$24,813This ZIP$24,813Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$41,400This ZIP$41,400Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher10.5%This ZIP10.5%
Population density126.3 / sq miThis ZIP126.3 / sq mi

Land area

Land area1.05 sq miThis ZIP1.05 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 17945 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Columbia County 97.4%
Schuylkill County 2.6%

Other place names in 17945

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

ZIP codes near 17945

ZIPCityDistance
17943 Lavelle, PA 1.6 mi
17888 Wilburton, PA 2.3 mi
17921 Ashland, PA 2.5 mi
17840 Locust Gap, PA 2.8 mi
17851 Mount Carmel, PA 2.8 mi
17920 Aristes, PA 3.0 mi
17936 Gordon, PA 3.0 mi
17832 Marion Heights, PA 4.4 mi
17858 Numidia, PA 4.7 mi
17834 Kulpmont, PA 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17945?

17945 is in Locustdale, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County, part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7854, -76.3755.

What county is 17945 in?

17945 spans 2 counties: Columbia County and Schuylkill County. Most of it falls in Columbia County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 17945?

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

What time zone is 17945 in?

17945 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17945?

About 133 people live in ZIP code 17945, in 121 households, at 126.3 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 17945?

$24,813 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17945?

The closest are 17943 (1.6 mi), 17888 (2.3 mi), 17921 (2.5 mi), 17840 (2.8 mi) and 17851 (2.8 mi).

Is 17945 a PO Box ZIP code?

17945 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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