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18256

ZIP 18256 is Weston, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Population
185
Coordinates
40.9404, -76.1473
☼ Live from 18256 — Weston, PA

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Where 18256 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18256
  • 🔢 Type 18256 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSZBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,256 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 163. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011101010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18255 (Weatherly, PA, 17 mi away) and 18301 (East Stroudsburg, PA, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18256 becomes 65281 — and that is a real ZIP code: Salisbury, MO, 883 miles away.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12568, 12586, 12856, 12865, 15268, 15286, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85621 in Nogales, AZ, 2,032 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,180 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18256 and you would come out at 40.94°S, 103.85°E — 910 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.390 square miles of land, 18256 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 189 football fields.
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People and housing

Population185This ZIP185
Households99This ZIP99
Housing units99This ZIP99
Median age49.5This ZIP49.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$57,750This ZIP$57,750Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$155,000This ZIP$155,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher28.1%This ZIP28.1%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density474.4 / sq miThis ZIP474.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees26This ZIP26
Annual payroll$807,000This ZIP$807,000

Land area

Land area0.39 sq miThis ZIP0.39 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 18256

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

ZIP codes near 18256

ZIPCityDistance
18241 Nuremberg, PA 1.0 mi
18242 Oneida, PA 2.7 mi
18246 Rock Glen, PA 2.8 mi
18249 Sugarloaf, PA 3.7 mi
18248 Sheppton, PA 3.9 mi
17985 Zion Grove, PA 5.0 mi
18202 Hazleton, PA 5.4 mi
18251 Sybertsville, PA 5.6 mi
17967 Ringtown, PA 5.8 mi
18219 Conyngham, PA 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18256?

18256 is in Weston, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9404, -76.1473.

What county is 18256 in?

18256 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18256?

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

What time zone is 18256 in?

18256 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18256?

About 185 people live in ZIP code 18256, in 99 households, at 474.4 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 18256?

$57,750 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18256?

The closest are 18241 (1 mi), 18242 (2.7 mi), 18246 (2.8 mi), 18249 (3.7 mi) and 18248 (3.9 mi).

Is 18256 a PO Box ZIP code?

18256 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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