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18071

ZIP 18071 is Palmerton, Pennsylvania, mostly in Carbon County; area code 610; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carbon +1 more
Population
11,313
Coordinates
40.8342, -75.5553
☼ Live from 18071 — Palmerton, PA

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Where 18071 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18071
  • 🔢 Type 18071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,071 = 17 × 1063. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011010010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18070 (Palm, PA, 28 mi away) and 18072 (Pen Argyl, PA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18071 becomes 17081 — and that is a real ZIP code: Plainfield, PA, 101 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01718, 10178, 11780, 17018, 17081, 17108, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87101 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,729 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,211 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18071 and you would come out at 40.83°S, 104.44°E — 882 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 31.1 square miles of land, 18071 is bigger than 47% of ZIP codes — room for about 24 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,313This ZIP11,313
Households5,146This ZIP5,146
Housing units5,318This ZIP5,318
Median age48.5This ZIP48.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$70,217This ZIP$70,217Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$206,900This ZIP$206,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$956This ZIP$956Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.9%This ZIP16.9%
Mean commute30.6 minThis ZIP30.6 min
Population density363.7 / sq miThis ZIP363.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments205This ZIP205
Employees3,106This ZIP3,106
Annual payroll$142,281,000This ZIP$142,281,000
Tax returns filed5,490This ZIP5,490
Total adjusted gross income$358,457,000This ZIP$358,457,000

Land area

Land area31.11 sq miThis ZIP31.11 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Counties 18071 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Carbon County 96.9%
Monroe County 3.1%

Other place names in 18071

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ZIP codes near 18071

ZIPCityDistance
18012 Aquashicola, PA 2.5 mi
18038 Danielsville, PA 4.5 mi
18088 Walnutport, PA 4.7 mi
18058 Kunkletown, PA 4.9 mi
18333 Kresgeville, PA 5.6 mi
18035 Cherryville, PA 5.8 mi
18244 Parryville, PA 6.0 mi
18030 Bowmanstown, PA 6.0 mi
18086 Treichlers, PA 6.6 mi
18235 Lehighton, PA 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18071?

18071 is in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8342, -75.5553.

What county is 18071 in?

18071 spans 2 counties: Carbon County and Monroe County. Most of it falls in Carbon 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 18071?

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

What time zone is 18071 in?

18071 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18071?

About 11,313 people live in ZIP code 18071, in 5,146 households, at 363.7 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 18071?

$70,217 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18071?

The closest are 18012 (2.5 mi), 18038 (4.5 mi), 18088 (4.7 mi), 18058 (4.9 mi) and 18333 (5.6 mi).

Is 18071 a PO Box ZIP code?

18071 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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