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18042

ZIP 18042 is in Easton, Pennsylvania, mostly in Northampton County; area codes 484, 610 and 835; Eastern time. Easton has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 18040, 18043, 18044 and 18045.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Northampton +1 more
Population
45,532
Coordinates
40.6436, -75.2266
☼ Live from 18042 — Easton, PA

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Where 18042 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18042
  • 🔢 Type 18042 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhOBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,042 = 2 × 3 × 31 × 97. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011001111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18041 (East Greenville, PA, 21 mi away) and 18043 (Easton, PA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18042 becomes 24081, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01824, 01842, 02148, 02184, 02481, 02814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84120 in West Valley City, UT, 1,913 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,229 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18042 and you would come out at 40.64°S, 104.77°E — 860 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 22.1 square miles of land, 18042 is bigger than 39% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,532This ZIP45,532
Households16,376This ZIP16,376
Housing units17,974This ZIP17,974
Median age34.7This ZIP34.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$77,556This ZIP$77,556Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$230,200This ZIP$230,200Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,356This ZIP$1,356Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.6%This ZIP28.6%
Mean commute27.9 minThis ZIP27.9 min
Population density2,059.1 / sq miThis ZIP2,059.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments821This ZIP821
Employees13,409This ZIP13,409
Annual payroll$788,642,000This ZIP$788,642,000
Tax returns filed19,540This ZIP19,540
Total adjusted gross income$1,310,846,000This ZIP$1,310,846,000

Land area

Land area22.11 sq miThis ZIP22.11 sq mi
Water area0.82 sq miThis ZIP0.82 sq mi

Counties 18042 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Northampton County 99.3%
Bucks County 0.7%

Other place names in 18042

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ZIP codes near 18042

ZIPCityDistance
18043 Easton, PA 3.1 mi
18044 Easton, PA 3.1 mi
18045 Easton, PA 4.2 mi
18039 Durham, PA 4.7 mi
18077 Riegelsville, PA 5.1 mi
18055 Hellertown, PA 5.4 mi
18020 Bethlehem, PA 5.6 mi
08865 Phillipsburg, NJ 6.1 mi
18081 Springtown, PA 6.2 mi
08804 Bloomsbury, NJ 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18042?

18042 is in Easton, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6436, -75.2266.

What county is 18042 in?

18042 spans 2 counties: Northampton County and Bucks County. Most of it falls in Northampton 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 18042?

Easton uses area codes 484, 610 and 835, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 18042 in?

18042 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18042?

About 45,532 people live in ZIP code 18042, in 16,376 households, at 2,059.1 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 18042?

$77,556 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18042?

The closest are 18043 (3.1 mi), 18044 (3.1 mi), 18045 (4.2 mi), 18039 (4.7 mi) and 18077 (5.1 mi).

Is 18042 a PO Box ZIP code?

18042 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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