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17980

ZIP 17980 is Tower City, Pennsylvania, mostly in Dauphin County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dauphin +1 more
Population
3,342
Coordinates
40.5187, -76.6446
☼ Live from 17980 — Tower City, PA

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Where 17980 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17980
  • 🔢 Type 17980 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,980 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 29 × 31. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17979 (Summit Station, PA, 23 mi away) and 17981 (Tremont, PA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17980 becomes 08971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01879, 07189, 07198, 07981, 09178, 09187, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09817 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,616 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,156 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17980 and you would come out at 40.52°S, 103.36°E — 913 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 34.8 square miles of land, 17980 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,342This ZIP3,342
Households1,282This ZIP1,282
Housing units1,495This ZIP1,495
Median age43.8This ZIP43.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,210This ZIP$71,210Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$149,600This ZIP$149,600Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$841This ZIP$841Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.4%This ZIP14.4%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density96.0 / sq miThis ZIP96.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments50This ZIP50
Employees254This ZIP254
Annual payroll$9,165,000This ZIP$9,165,000
Tax returns filed1,610This ZIP1,610
Total adjusted gross income$92,255,000This ZIP$92,255,000

Land area

Land area34.81 sq miThis ZIP34.81 sq mi
Water area0.94 sq miThis ZIP0.94 sq mi

Counties 17980 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Dauphin County 67.6%
Schuylkill County 32.4%

Other place names in 17980

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ZIP codes near 17980

ZIPCityDistance
17097 Wiconisco, PA 4.2 mi
17098 Williamstown, PA 5.0 mi
17048 Lykens, PA 5.0 mi
17038 Jonestown, PA 6.6 mi
17978 Spring Glen, PA 6.8 mi
17030 Gratz, PA 8.1 mi
17028 Grantville, PA 8.2 mi
17957 Muir, PA 8.5 mi
17968 Sacramento, PA 8.6 mi
17032 Halifax, PA 9.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17980?

17980 is in Tower City, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5187, -76.6446.

What county is 17980 in?

17980 spans 2 counties: Dauphin County and Schuylkill County. Most of it falls in Dauphin County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 17980?

Tower City uses area codes 717 and 223, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17980 in?

17980 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17980?

About 3,342 people live in ZIP code 17980, in 1,282 households, at 96.0 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 17980?

$71,210 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17980?

The closest are 17097 (4.2 mi), 17098 (5 mi), 17048 (5 mi), 17038 (6.6 mi) and 17978 (6.8 mi).

Is 17980 a PO Box ZIP code?

17980 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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