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17957

ZIP 17957 is Muir, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County; area code 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Schuylkill
Metro area
Pottsville, PA
Population
481
Coordinates
40.5936, -76.5166
☼ Live from 17957 — Muir, PA

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Where 17957 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17957
  • 🔢 Type 17957 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17957 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17954 (Minersville, PA, 15 mi away) and 17959 (New Philadelphia, PA, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17957 becomes 75971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15779, 17579, 57197, 57719, 57791, 59717, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95717 in Gold Run, CA, 2,328 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,162 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17957 and you would come out at 40.59°S, 103.48°E — 910 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 0.322 square miles of land, 17957 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 156 football fields.
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People and housing

Population481This ZIP481
Households146This ZIP146
Housing units146This ZIP146
Median age28.2This ZIP28.2Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$106,250This ZIP$106,250Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$202,900This ZIP$202,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher28.2%This ZIP28.2%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density1,493.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,493.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed160This ZIP160
Total adjusted gross income$9,828,000This ZIP$9,828,000

Land area

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

Other place names in 17957

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

ZIP codes near 17957

ZIPCityDistance
17983 Valley View, PA 3.9 mi
17938 Hegins, PA 4.3 mi
17098 Williamstown, PA 6.0 mi
17966 Ravine, PA 6.1 mi
17968 Sacramento, PA 6.6 mi
17963 Pine Grove, PA 6.8 mi
17981 Tremont, PA 7.0 mi
17978 Spring Glen, PA 7.3 mi
17964 Pitman, PA 7.6 mi
17941 Klingerstown, PA 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17957?

17957 is in Muir, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5936, -76.5166.

What county is 17957 in?

17957 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17957?

Muir uses area code 570, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17957 in?

17957 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17957?

About 481 people live in ZIP code 17957, in 146 households, at 1,493.8 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 17957?

$106,250 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17957?

The closest are 17983 (3.9 mi), 17938 (4.3 mi), 17098 (6 mi), 17966 (6.1 mi) and 17968 (6.6 mi).

Is 17957 a PO Box ZIP code?

17957 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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