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18216

ZIP 18216 is Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania, mostly in Carbon County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carbon +1 more
Population
957
Coordinates
40.9427, -75.8890
☼ Live from 18216 — Beaver Meadows, PA

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Where 18216 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18216
  • 🔢 Type 18216 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIZBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 23. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011100101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18214 (Barnesville, PA, 14 mi away) and 18218 (Coaldale, PA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18216 becomes 61281 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sherrard, IL, 761 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12168, 12186, 12816, 12861, 16218, 16821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81612 in Aspen, CO, 1,635 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,193 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18216 and you would come out at 40.94°S, 104.11°E — 900 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 7.5 square miles of land, 18216 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population957This ZIP957
Households453This ZIP453
Housing units529This ZIP529
Median age51.6This ZIP51.6Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$49,350This ZIP$49,350Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$133,200This ZIP$133,200Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,246This ZIP$1,246Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.4%This ZIP8.4%
Mean commute25.2 minThis ZIP25.2 min
Population density127.7 / sq miThis ZIP127.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees66This ZIP66
Annual payroll$2,015,000This ZIP$2,015,000
Tax returns filed720This ZIP720
Total adjusted gross income$33,639,000This ZIP$33,639,000

Land area

Land area7.50 sq miThis ZIP7.50 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Counties 18216 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Carbon County 73.4%
Luzerne County 26.6%

Other place names in 18216

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ZIP codes near 18216

ZIPCityDistance
18230 Junedale, PA 2.7 mi
18255 Weatherly, PA 3.2 mi
18201 Hazleton, PA 3.4 mi
18223 Ebervale, PA 4.2 mi
18221 Drifton, PA 4.4 mi
18254 Tresckow, PA 4.4 mi
18225 Harleigh, PA 5.1 mi
18234 Lattimer Mines, PA 5.2 mi
18224 Freeland, PA 5.7 mi
18239 Milnesville, PA 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18216?

18216 is in Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9427, -75.8890.

What county is 18216 in?

18216 spans 2 counties: Carbon County and Luzerne 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 18216?

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

What time zone is 18216 in?

18216 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18216?

About 957 people live in ZIP code 18216, in 453 households, at 127.7 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 18216?

$49,350 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18216?

The closest are 18230 (2.7 mi), 18255 (3.2 mi), 18201 (3.4 mi), 18223 (4.2 mi) and 18221 (4.4 mi).

Is 18216 a PO Box ZIP code?

18216 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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