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18240

ZIP 18240 is Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, mostly in Carbon County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carbon +1 more
Population
3,913
Coordinates
40.8629, -75.8424
☼ Live from 18240 — Nesquehoning, PA

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Where 18240 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18240
  • 🔢 Type 18240 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhZBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,240 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 19. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011101000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18239 (Milnesville, PA, 11 mi away) and 18241 (Nuremberg, PA, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18240 becomes 04281 — and that is a real ZIP code: South Paris, ME, 359 miles away.
  • 👥 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, 1,878 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,196 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18240 and you would come out at 40.86°S, 104.16°E — 894 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 24.3 square miles of land, 18240 is bigger than 41% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,913This ZIP3,913
Households1,427This ZIP1,427
Housing units1,687This ZIP1,687
Median age39.1This ZIP39.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$63,608This ZIP$63,608Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$154,600This ZIP$154,600Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,117This ZIP$1,117Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.4%This ZIP20.4%
Mean commute33.2 minThis ZIP33.2 min
Population density161.3 / sq miThis ZIP161.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments58This ZIP58
Employees981This ZIP981
Annual payroll$42,508,000This ZIP$42,508,000
Tax returns filed1,840This ZIP1,840
Total adjusted gross income$113,348,000This ZIP$113,348,000

Land area

Land area24.27 sq miThis ZIP24.27 sq mi
Water area0.75 sq miThis ZIP0.75 sq mi

Counties 18240 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Carbon County 87.2%
Schuylkill County 12.8%

Other place names in 18240

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ZIP codes near 18240

ZIPCityDistance
18232 Lansford, PA 2.4 mi
18250 Summit Hill, PA 3.6 mi
18218 Coaldale, PA 4.9 mi
18255 Weatherly, PA 4.9 mi
18216 Beaver Meadows, PA 6.0 mi
18230 Junedale, PA 6.1 mi
18254 Tresckow, PA 7.4 mi
18235 Lehighton, PA 8.1 mi
18211 Andreas, PA 8.2 mi
18201 Hazleton, PA 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18240?

18240 is in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8629, -75.8424.

What county is 18240 in?

18240 spans 2 counties: Carbon County and Schuylkill 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 18240?

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

What time zone is 18240 in?

18240 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18240?

About 3,913 people live in ZIP code 18240, in 1,427 households, at 161.3 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 18240?

$63,608 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18240?

The closest are 18232 (2.4 mi), 18250 (3.6 mi), 18218 (4.9 mi), 18255 (4.9 mi) and 18216 (6 mi).

Is 18240 a PO Box ZIP code?

18240 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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