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17979

ZIP 17979 is Summit Station, 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
130
Coordinates
40.5673, -76.2021
☼ Live from 17979 — Summit Station, PA

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Where 17979 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17979
  • 🔢 Type 17979 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,979 = 3 × 13 × 461. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17978 (Spring Glen, PA, 24 mi away) and 17980 (Tower City, PA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17979 becomes 97971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (19977, 77991, 79719, 79917, 91977, 97917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99771 in Shaktoolik, AK, 3,596 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% 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 17979 and you would come out at 40.57°S, 103.80°E — 896 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 0.309 square miles of land, 17979 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 150 football fields.
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People and housing

Population130This ZIP130
Households51This ZIP51
Housing units51This ZIP51
Median age61.9This ZIP61.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$178,661This ZIP$178,661Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$268,100This ZIP$268,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher36.9%This ZIP36.9%
Mean commute29.1 minThis ZIP29.1 min
Population density420.7 / sq miThis ZIP420.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees2This ZIP2
Annual payroll$156,000This ZIP$156,000

Land area

Land area0.31 sq miThis ZIP0.31 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17979

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

ZIP codes near 17979

ZIPCityDistance
17972 Schuylkill Haven, PA 1.6 mi
17933 Friedensburg, PA 3.3 mi
17929 Cressona, PA 4.4 mi
17922 Auburn, PA 4.9 mi
19559 Strausstown, PA 5.2 mi
19507 Bethel, PA 5.6 mi
19554 Shartlesville, PA 6.4 mi
17944 Llewellyn, PA 7.9 mi
17951 Mar Lin, PA 8.0 mi
19550 Rehrersburg, PA 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17979?

17979 is in Summit Station, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5673, -76.2021.

What county is 17979 in?

17979 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17979?

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

What time zone is 17979 in?

17979 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17979?

About 130 people live in ZIP code 17979, in 51 households, at 420.7 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 17979?

$178,661 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17979?

The closest are 17972 (1.6 mi), 17933 (3.3 mi), 17929 (4.4 mi), 17922 (4.9 mi) and 19559 (5.2 mi).

Is 17979 a PO Box ZIP code?

17979 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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