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18241

ZIP 18241 is Nuremberg, Pennsylvania, mostly in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne +1 more
Population
249
Coordinates
40.9444, -76.1650
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Where 18241 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18241
  • 🔢 Type 18241 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhZBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,241 = 17 × 29 × 37. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011101000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18240 (Nesquehoning, PA, 18 mi away) and 18242 (Oneida, PA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18241 becomes 14281, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11428, 12148, 12184, 12418, 12481, 12814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84112 in Salt Lake City, UT, 1,851 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,179 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18241 and you would come out at 40.94°S, 103.84°E — 911 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 1.1 square miles of land, 18241 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 511 football fields.
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People and housing

Population249This ZIP249
Households145This ZIP145
Housing units192This ZIP192
Median age65.3This ZIP65.3Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$83,750This ZIP$83,750Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$94,500This ZIP$94,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$670This ZIP$670Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.2%This ZIP15.2%
Mean commute32.6 minThis ZIP32.6 min
Population density236.0 / sq miThis ZIP236.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees25This ZIP25
Annual payroll$902,000This ZIP$902,000
Tax returns filed270This ZIP270
Total adjusted gross income$11,893,000This ZIP$11,893,000

Land area

Land area1.06 sq miThis ZIP1.06 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 18241 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Luzerne County 96.9%
Schuylkill County 3.1%

Other place names in 18241

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ZIP codes near 18241

ZIPCityDistance
18256 Weston, PA 1.0 mi
18246 Rock Glen, PA 1.8 mi
18242 Oneida, PA 3.4 mi
18249 Sugarloaf, PA 3.9 mi
17985 Zion Grove, PA 4.2 mi
18248 Sheppton, PA 4.8 mi
17967 Ringtown, PA 5.6 mi
18251 Sybertsville, PA 6.1 mi
18635 Nescopeck, PA 6.2 mi
18202 Hazleton, PA 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18241?

18241 is in Nuremberg, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9444, -76.1650.

What county is 18241 in?

18241 spans 2 counties: Luzerne County and Schuylkill County. Most of it falls in Luzerne 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 18241?

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

What time zone is 18241 in?

18241 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18241?

About 249 people live in ZIP code 18241, in 145 households, at 236.0 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 18241?

$83,750 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18241?

The closest are 18256 (1 mi), 18246 (1.8 mi), 18242 (3.4 mi), 18249 (3.9 mi) and 17985 (4.2 mi).

Is 18241 a PO Box ZIP code?

18241 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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