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18250

ZIP 18250 is Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, mostly in Carbon County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carbon +1 more
Population
3,137
Coordinates
40.8127, -75.8587
☼ Live from 18250 — Summit Hill, PA

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Where 18250 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18250
  • 🔢 Type 18250 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSZBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,250 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 73. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011101001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18249 (Sugarloaf, PA, 18 mi away) and 18251 (Sybertsville, PA, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18250 becomes 05281, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01258, 01825, 01852, 02185, 02815, 05821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85012 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,041 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,195 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18250 and you would come out at 40.81°S, 104.14°E — 893 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 10.5 square miles of land, 18250 is bigger than 28% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,137This ZIP3,137
Households1,280This ZIP1,280
Housing units1,370This ZIP1,370
Median age37.9This ZIP37.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$65,268This ZIP$65,268Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$99,700This ZIP$99,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,279This ZIP$1,279Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.0%This ZIP8.0%
Mean commute38.0 minThis ZIP38.0 min
Population density299.4 / sq miThis ZIP299.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments39This ZIP39
Employees172This ZIP172
Annual payroll$5,285,000This ZIP$5,285,000
Tax returns filed1,520This ZIP1,520
Total adjusted gross income$87,486,000This ZIP$87,486,000

Land area

Land area10.48 sq miThis ZIP10.48 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Counties 18250 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Carbon County 77.8%
Schuylkill County 22.1%

Other place names in 18250

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 18250

ZIPCityDistance
18232 Lansford, PA 1.9 mi
18218 Coaldale, PA 3.0 mi
18240 Nesquehoning, PA 3.6 mi
18211 Andreas, PA 5.0 mi
18252 Tamaqua, PA 6.3 mi
18212 Ashfield, PA 7.8 mi
18230 Junedale, PA 8.3 mi
18255 Weatherly, PA 8.5 mi
18235 Lehighton, PA 8.9 mi
18254 Tresckow, PA 9.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18250?

18250 is in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8127, -75.8587.

What county is 18250 in?

18250 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 18250?

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

What time zone is 18250 in?

18250 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18250?

About 3,137 people live in ZIP code 18250, in 1,280 households, at 299.4 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 18250?

$65,268 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18250?

The closest are 18232 (1.9 mi), 18218 (3 mi), 18240 (3.6 mi), 18211 (5 mi) and 18252 (6.3 mi).

Is 18250 a PO Box ZIP code?

18250 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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