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17949

ZIP 17949 is Mahanoy Plane, 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
240
Coordinates
40.7961, -76.2361
☼ Live from 17949 — Mahanoy Plane, PA

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Where 17949 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17949
  • 🔢 Type 17949 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,949 = 3 × 31 × 193. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17948 (Mahanoy City, PA, 5 mi away) and 17951 (Mar Lin, PA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17949 becomes 94971 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tomales, CA, 2,464 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (19947, 47199, 47991, 49719, 49791, 49917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99741 in Galena, AK, 3,451 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,176 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17949 and you would come out at 40.80°S, 103.76°E — 907 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.320 square miles of land, 17949 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 155 football fields.
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People and housing

Population240This ZIP240
Households119This ZIP119
Housing units217This ZIP217
Median age56.5This ZIP56.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$54,250This ZIP$54,250Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$35,600This ZIP$35,600Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher6.0%This ZIP6.0%
Mean commute26.6 minThis ZIP26.6 min
Population density750.0 / sq miThis ZIP750.0 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17949

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

ZIP codes near 17949

ZIPCityDistance
17932 Frackville, PA 0.9 mi
17934 Gilberton, PA 1.2 mi
17931 Frackville, PA 1.3 mi
17946 Lost Creek, PA 1.4 mi
17976 Shenandoah, PA 2.1 mi
17935 Girardville, PA 2.3 mi
17920 Aristes, PA 5.0 mi
17948 Mahanoy City, PA 5.1 mi
17967 Ringtown, PA 5.3 mi
17959 New Philadelphia, PA 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17949?

17949 is in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7961, -76.2361.

What county is 17949 in?

17949 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17949?

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

What time zone is 17949 in?

17949 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17949?

About 240 people live in ZIP code 17949, in 119 households, at 750.0 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 17949?

$54,250 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17949?

The closest are 17932 (0.9 mi), 17934 (1.2 mi), 17931 (1.3 mi), 17946 (1.4 mi) and 17976 (2.1 mi).

Is 17949 a PO Box ZIP code?

17949 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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