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18072

ZIP 18072 is Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County; area codes 610 and 484; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Northampton
Population
6,938
Coordinates
40.8441, -75.2591
☼ Live from 18072 — Pen Argyl, PA

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Where 18072 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18072
  • 🔢 Type 18072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 251. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011010011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18071 (Palmerton, PA, 15 mi away) and 18073 (Pennsburg, PA, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18072 becomes 27081, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01827, 02187, 02718, 02817, 02871, 07821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87021 in Milan, NM, 1,807 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,227 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18072 and you would come out at 40.84°S, 104.74°E — 870 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 14.9 square miles of land, 18072 is bigger than 33% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,938This ZIP6,938
Households2,729This ZIP2,729
Housing units2,963This ZIP2,963
Median age47.8This ZIP47.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$80,716This ZIP$80,716Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$253,100This ZIP$253,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,524This ZIP$1,524Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.4%This ZIP22.4%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density466.3 / sq miThis ZIP466.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments137This ZIP137
Employees1,683This ZIP1,683
Annual payroll$84,906,000This ZIP$84,906,000
Tax returns filed3,400This ZIP3,400
Total adjusted gross income$250,018,000This ZIP$250,018,000

Land area

Land area14.88 sq miThis ZIP14.88 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Other place names in 18072

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ZIP codes near 18072

ZIPCityDistance
18091 Wind Gap, PA 3.7 mi
18013 Bangor, PA 4.9 mi
18063 Martins Creek, PA 5.9 mi
18083 Stockertown, PA 6.2 mi
18353 Saylorsburg, PA 6.2 mi
18354 Sciota, PA 6.3 mi
18064 Nazareth, PA 6.7 mi
18040 Easton, PA 7.0 mi
18085 Tatamy, PA 7.1 mi
18343 Mount Bethel, PA 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18072?

18072 is in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8441, -75.2591.

What county is 18072 in?

18072 lies in Northampton County.

What area code is 18072?

Pen Argyl uses area codes 610 and 484, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 18072 in?

18072 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18072?

About 6,938 people live in ZIP code 18072, in 2,729 households, at 466.3 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 18072?

$80,716 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18072?

The closest are 18091 (3.7 mi), 18013 (4.9 mi), 18063 (5.9 mi), 18083 (6.2 mi) and 18353 (6.2 mi).

Is 18072 a PO Box ZIP code?

18072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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