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17965

ZIP 17965 is Port Carbon, 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
1,927
Coordinates
40.6992, -76.1654
☼ Live from 17965 — Port Carbon, PA

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Where 17965 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17965
  • 🔢 Type 17965 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,965 = 5 × 3593. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17964 (Pitman, PA, 18 mi away) and 17966 (Ravine, PA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17965 becomes 56971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15679, 15697, 17569, 19567, 59716, 59761, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96517 in FPO AA, a military post office, 6,946 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,180 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17965 and you would come out at 40.70°S, 103.83°E — 900 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, 17965 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 541 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,927This ZIP1,927
Households856This ZIP856
Housing units958This ZIP958
Median age46.0This ZIP46.0Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$61,284This ZIP$61,284Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$110,800This ZIP$110,800Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$886This ZIP$886Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.8%This ZIP13.8%
Mean commute21.1 minThis ZIP21.1 min
Population density1,725.2 / sq miThis ZIP1,725.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees95This ZIP95
Annual payroll$2,736,000This ZIP$2,736,000
Tax returns filed1,010This ZIP1,010
Total adjusted gross income$53,585,000This ZIP$53,585,000

Land area

Land area1.12 sq miThis ZIP1.12 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17965

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

ZIP codes near 17965

ZIPCityDistance
17970 Saint Clair, PA 2.0 mi
17930 Cumbola, PA 2.7 mi
17959 New Philadelphia, PA 2.8 mi
17974 Seltzer, PA 3.7 mi
17951 Mar Lin, PA 4.4 mi
17953 Middleport, PA 4.7 mi
17929 Cressona, PA 4.9 mi
17954 Minersville, PA 5.0 mi
17901 Pottsville, PA 5.7 mi
17925 Brockton, PA 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17965?

17965 is in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6992, -76.1654.

What county is 17965 in?

17965 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17965?

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

What time zone is 17965 in?

17965 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17965?

About 1,927 people live in ZIP code 17965, in 856 households, at 1,725.2 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 17965?

$61,284 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17965?

The closest are 17970 (2 mi), 17930 (2.7 mi), 17959 (2.8 mi), 17974 (3.7 mi) and 17951 (4.4 mi).

Is 17965 a PO Box ZIP code?

17965 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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