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17981

ZIP 17981 is Tremont, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County; area code 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Schuylkill
Metro area
Pottsville, PA
Population
2,468
Coordinates
40.6310, -76.3927
☼ Live from 17981 — Tremont, PA

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Where 17981 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17981
  • 🔢 Type 17981 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 17981 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17980 (Tower City, PA, 15 mi away) and 17982 (Tuscarora, PA, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17981 becomes 18971 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tylersport, PA, 57 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11789, 11798, 11978, 18917, 18971, 19178, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97118 in Garibaldi, OR, 2,386 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,169 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17981 and you would come out at 40.63°S, 103.61°E — 907 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 38.2 square miles of land, 17981 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,468This ZIP2,468
Households926This ZIP926
Housing units1,045This ZIP1,045
Median age48.0This ZIP48.0Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$73,261This ZIP$73,261Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$92,700This ZIP$92,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$869This ZIP$869Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.9%This ZIP12.9%
Mean commute26.5 minThis ZIP26.5 min
Population density64.7 / sq miThis ZIP64.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments42This ZIP42
Employees1,062This ZIP1,062
Annual payroll$55,731,000This ZIP$55,731,000
Tax returns filed1,150This ZIP1,150
Total adjusted gross income$62,203,000This ZIP$62,203,000

Land area

Land area38.16 sq miThis ZIP38.16 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Other place names in 17981

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

ZIP codes near 17981

ZIPCityDistance
17966 Ravine, PA 3.9 mi
17923 Branchdale, PA 4.4 mi
17963 Pine Grove, PA 4.9 mi
17944 Llewellyn, PA 5.8 mi
17938 Hegins, PA 5.9 mi
17957 Muir, PA 7.0 mi
17901 Pottsville, PA 7.6 mi
17954 Minersville, PA 8.1 mi
17964 Pitman, PA 8.1 mi
17933 Friedensburg, PA 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17981?

17981 is in Tremont, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6310, -76.3927.

What county is 17981 in?

17981 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17981?

Tremont uses area code 570, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 17981 in?

17981 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17981?

About 2,468 people live in ZIP code 17981, in 926 households, at 64.7 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 17981?

$73,261 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17981?

The closest are 17966 (3.9 mi), 17923 (4.4 mi), 17963 (4.9 mi), 17944 (5.8 mi) and 17938 (5.9 mi).

Is 17981 a PO Box ZIP code?

17981 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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