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18403

ZIP 18403 is Archbald, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna
Population
6,851
Coordinates
41.5090, -75.5349
☼ Live from 18403 — Archbald, PA

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Where 18403 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18403
  • 🔢 Type 18403 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOhBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,403 = 7 × 11 × 239. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011111100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18372 (Tannersville, PA, 34 mi away) and 18405 (Beach Lake, PA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18403 becomes 30481, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01438, 01834, 01843, 03814, 03841, 08314, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84013 in Cedar Valley, UT, 1,897 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,210 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18403 and you would come out at 41.51°S, 104.47°E — 912 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
  • 📏 At 19.2 square miles of land, 18403 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,851This ZIP6,851
Households3,051This ZIP3,051
Housing units3,366This ZIP3,366
Median age48.3This ZIP48.3Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$77,521This ZIP$77,521Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$223,900This ZIP$223,900Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$953This ZIP$953Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.2%This ZIP39.2%
Mean commute22.1 minThis ZIP22.1 min
Population density356.1 / sq miThis ZIP356.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments174This ZIP174
Employees2,917This ZIP2,917
Annual payroll$179,738,000This ZIP$179,738,000
Tax returns filed4,030This ZIP4,030
Total adjusted gross income$316,985,000This ZIP$316,985,000

Land area

Land area19.24 sq miThis ZIP19.24 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 18403

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ZIP codes near 18403

ZIPCityDistance
18452 Peckville, PA 3.3 mi
18434 Jessup, PA 3.9 mi
18448 Olyphant, PA 4.4 mi
18447 Olyphant, PA 4.4 mi
18433 Jermyn, PA 5.0 mi
18407 Carbondale, PA 5.7 mi
18519 Scranton, PA 5.9 mi
18512 Scranton, PA 6.4 mi
18508 Scranton, PA 7.4 mi
18509 Scranton, PA 7.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18403?

18403 is in Archbald, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5090, -75.5349.

What county is 18403 in?

18403 lies in Lackawanna County.

What area code is 18403?

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

What time zone is 18403 in?

18403 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18403?

About 6,851 people live in ZIP code 18403, in 3,051 households, at 356.1 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 18403?

$77,521 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18403?

The closest are 18452 (3.3 mi), 18434 (3.9 mi), 18448 (4.4 mi), 18447 (4.4 mi) and 18433 (5 mi).

Is 18403 a PO Box ZIP code?

18403 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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