Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/17976

17976

ZIP 17976 is Shenandoah, 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
5,916
Coordinates
40.8199, -76.2105
☼ Live from 17976 — Shenandoah, PA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 17976 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17976
  • 🔢 Type 17976 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,976 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 107. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17974 (Seltzer, PA, 9 mi away) and 17978 (Spring Glen, PA, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17976 becomes 67971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (17769, 17967, 76179, 76197, 77619, 77961, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96717 in Hauula, HI, 4,837 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,177 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17976 and you would come out at 40.82°S, 103.79°E — 907 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 7.6 square miles of land, 17976 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.8 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 17976 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population5,916This ZIP5,916
Households2,321This ZIP2,321
Housing units3,255This ZIP3,255
Median age37.7This ZIP37.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$57,587This ZIP$57,587Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$55,200This ZIP$55,200Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,024This ZIP$1,024Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.7%This ZIP13.7%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density777.2 / sq miThis ZIP777.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments90This ZIP90
Employees1,085This ZIP1,085
Annual payroll$49,250,000This ZIP$49,250,000
Tax returns filed2,770This ZIP2,770
Total adjusted gross income$118,074,000This ZIP$118,074,000

Land area

Land area7.61 sq miThis ZIP7.61 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Other place names in 17976

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

ZIP codes near 17976

ZIPCityDistance
17934 Gilberton, PA 1.4 mi
17949 Mahanoy Plane, PA 2.1 mi
17931 Frackville, PA 2.3 mi
17946 Lost Creek, PA 2.5 mi
17932 Frackville, PA 2.7 mi
17967 Ringtown, PA 3.5 mi
17948 Mahanoy City, PA 3.5 mi
17935 Girardville, PA 4.0 mi
17959 New Philadelphia, PA 6.0 mi
17920 Aristes, PA 6.2 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 17976 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17976?

17976 is in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8199, -76.2105.

What county is 17976 in?

17976 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17976?

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

What time zone is 17976 in?

17976 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17976?

About 5,916 people live in ZIP code 17976, in 2,321 households, at 777.2 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 17976?

$57,587 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17976?

The closest are 17934 (1.4 mi), 17949 (2.1 mi), 17931 (2.3 mi), 17946 (2.5 mi) and 17932 (2.7 mi).

Is 17976 a PO Box ZIP code?

17976 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “17976 ZIP Code — Shenandoah, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/17976

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/17976.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.