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17982

ZIP 17982 is Tuscarora, 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
452
Coordinates
40.7680, -76.0381
☼ Live from 17982 — Tuscarora, PA

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Where 17982 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 17982
  • 🔢 Type 17982 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBGLI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 17,982 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 37. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011000111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 17981 (Tremont, PA, 21 mi away) and 17983 (Valley View, PA, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 17982 becomes 28971, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12789, 12879, 12978, 12987, 17829, 18927, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97128 in Mcminnville, OR, 2,373 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,186 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 17982 and you would come out at 40.77°S, 103.96°E — 898 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.251 square miles of land, 17982 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 121 football fields.
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People and housing

Population452This ZIP452
Households224This ZIP224
Housing units227This ZIP227
Median age54.6This ZIP54.6Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,071This ZIP$71,071Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$105,500This ZIP$105,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,289This ZIP$1,289Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.8%This ZIP12.8%
Mean commute35.0 minThis ZIP35.0 min
Population density1,800.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,800.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed190This ZIP190
Total adjusted gross income$9,530,000This ZIP$9,530,000

Land area

Land area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 17982

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

ZIP codes near 17982

ZIPCityDistance
17952 Mary D, PA 1.2 mi
17925 Brockton, PA 2.1 mi
18252 Tamaqua, PA 3.6 mi
17953 Middleport, PA 3.6 mi
18214 Barnesville, PA 3.7 mi
18220 Delano, PA 5.3 mi
17930 Cumbola, PA 5.8 mi
18245 Quakake, PA 5.9 mi
17948 Mahanoy City, PA 6.6 mi
17960 New Ringgold, PA 6.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 17982?

17982 is in Tuscarora, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7680, -76.0381.

What county is 17982 in?

17982 lies in Schuylkill County.

What area code is 17982?

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

What time zone is 17982 in?

17982 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 17982?

About 452 people live in ZIP code 17982, in 224 households, at 1,800.8 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 17982?

$71,071 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 17982?

The closest are 17952 (1.2 mi), 17925 (2.1 mi), 18252 (3.6 mi), 17953 (3.6 mi) and 18214 (3.7 mi).

Is 17982 a PO Box ZIP code?

17982 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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