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17970

ZIP 17970 is Saint Clair, 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
3,171
Coordinates
40.7207, -76.1905
☼ Live from 17970 — Saint Clair, PA

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Where 17970 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17970
  • 🔢 Type 17970 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,970 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 599. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17968 (Sacramento, PA, 23 mi away) and 17972 (Schuylkill Haven, PA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17970 becomes 07971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07719, 09177, 09717, 10977, 17097, 19707, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09177 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,043 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,179 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17970 and you would come out at 40.72°S, 103.81°E — 902 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 1.3 square miles of land, 17970 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 616 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,171This ZIP3,171
Households1,508This ZIP1,508
Housing units1,903This ZIP1,903
Median age43.4This ZIP43.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$67,703This ZIP$67,703Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$73,900This ZIP$73,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,034This ZIP$1,034Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.9%This ZIP17.9%
Mean commute23.6 minThis ZIP23.6 min
Population density2,491.0 / sq miThis ZIP2,491.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments65This ZIP65
Employees1,268This ZIP1,268
Annual payroll$47,026,000This ZIP$47,026,000
Tax returns filed1,530This ZIP1,530
Total adjusted gross income$71,964,000This ZIP$71,964,000

Land area

Land area1.27 sq miThis ZIP1.27 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17970

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ZIP codes near 17970

ZIPCityDistance
17959 New Philadelphia, PA 1.9 mi
17965 Port Carbon, PA 2.0 mi
17974 Seltzer, PA 2.9 mi
17951 Mar Lin, PA 4.0 mi
17930 Cumbola, PA 4.0 mi
17954 Minersville, PA 4.2 mi
17931 Frackville, PA 4.7 mi
17901 Pottsville, PA 4.8 mi
17932 Frackville, PA 4.8 mi
17953 Middleport, PA 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17970?

17970 is in Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7207, -76.1905.

What county is 17970 in?

17970 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17970?

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

What time zone is 17970 in?

17970 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17970?

About 3,171 people live in ZIP code 17970, in 1,508 households, at 2,491.0 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 17970?

$67,703 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17970?

The closest are 17959 (1.9 mi), 17965 (2 mi), 17974 (2.9 mi), 17951 (4 mi) and 17930 (4 mi).

Is 17970 a PO Box ZIP code?

17970 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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