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18030

ZIP 18030 is Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County; area code 610; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carbon
Population
483
Coordinates
40.8041, -75.6635
☼ Live from 18030 — Bowmanstown, PA

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Where 18030 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18030
  • 🔢 Type 18030 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEOBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,030 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 601. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011001101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18025 (Bethlehem, PA, 20 mi away) and 18031 (Breinigsville, PA, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18030 becomes 03081, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00831, 01038, 01083, 01380, 01803, 01830, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83001 in Jackson, WY, 1,788 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,206 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18030 and you would come out at 40.80°S, 104.34°E — 885 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.298 square miles of land, 18030 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 144 football fields.
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People and housing

Population483This ZIP483
Households185This ZIP185
Housing units197This ZIP197
Median age45.7This ZIP45.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$68,173This ZIP$68,173Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$182,400This ZIP$182,400Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$820This ZIP$820Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.5%This ZIP14.5%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density1,620.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,620.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees54This ZIP54
Annual payroll$1,212,000This ZIP$1,212,000

Land area

Land area0.30 sq miThis ZIP0.30 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 18030

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

ZIP codes near 18030

ZIPCityDistance
18244 Parryville, PA 1.4 mi
18235 Lehighton, PA 2.6 mi
18212 Ashfield, PA 3.6 mi
18012 Aquashicola, PA 3.8 mi
18079 Slatedale, PA 4.2 mi
18080 Slatington, PA 5.2 mi
18071 Palmerton, PA 6.0 mi
18088 Walnutport, PA 6.1 mi
18053 Germansville, PA 6.2 mi
18035 Cherryville, PA 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18030?

18030 is in Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8041, -75.6635.

What county is 18030 in?

18030 lies in Carbon County.

What area code is 18030?

Bowmanstown uses area code 610, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 18030 in?

18030 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18030?

About 483 people live in ZIP code 18030, in 185 households, at 1,620.8 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 18030?

$68,173 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18030?

The closest are 18244 (1.4 mi), 18235 (2.6 mi), 18212 (3.6 mi), 18012 (3.8 mi) and 18079 (4.2 mi).

Is 18030 a PO Box ZIP code?

18030 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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