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17948

ZIP 17948 is Mahanoy City, 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
4,188
Coordinates
40.8204, -76.1440
☼ Live from 17948 — Mahanoy City, PA

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Where 17948 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17948
  • 🔢 Type 17948 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,948 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 641. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17946 (Lost Creek, PA, 6 mi away) and 17949 (Mahanoy Plane, PA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17948 becomes 84971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14879, 14897, 18947, 18974, 19478, 47918, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97481 in Tenmile, OR, 2,409 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,181 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17948 and you would come out at 40.82°S, 103.86°E — 905 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 19.2 square miles of land, 17948 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,188This ZIP4,188
Households1,615This ZIP1,615
Housing units2,526This ZIP2,526
Median age37.6This ZIP37.6Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$47,813This ZIP$47,813Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$55,100This ZIP$55,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$916This ZIP$916Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.8%This ZIP8.8%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density218.3 / sq miThis ZIP218.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments53This ZIP53
Employees578This ZIP578
Annual payroll$33,061,000This ZIP$33,061,000
Tax returns filed1,960This ZIP1,960
Total adjusted gross income$80,199,000This ZIP$80,199,000

Land area

Land area19.18 sq miThis ZIP19.18 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Other place names in 17948

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ZIP codes near 17948

ZIPCityDistance
18214 Barnesville, PA 3.1 mi
18220 Delano, PA 3.5 mi
17976 Shenandoah, PA 3.5 mi
17934 Gilberton, PA 3.9 mi
17931 Frackville, PA 4.4 mi
17967 Ringtown, PA 4.7 mi
17949 Mahanoy Plane, PA 5.1 mi
17932 Frackville, PA 5.2 mi
17953 Middleport, PA 5.6 mi
17925 Brockton, PA 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17948?

17948 is in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8204, -76.1440.

What county is 17948 in?

17948 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17948?

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

What time zone is 17948 in?

17948 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17948?

About 4,188 people live in ZIP code 17948, in 1,615 households, at 218.3 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 17948?

$47,813 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17948?

The closest are 18214 (3.1 mi), 18220 (3.5 mi), 17976 (3.5 mi), 17934 (3.9 mi) and 17931 (4.4 mi).

Is 17948 a PO Box ZIP code?

17948 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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