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18424

ZIP 18424 is Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, mostly in Lackawanna County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna +3 more
Population
5,213
Coordinates
41.2442, -75.5173
☼ Live from 18424 — Gouldsboro, PA

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Where 18424 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18424
  • 🔢 Type 18424 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZhBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,424 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 7 × 47. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011111111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18421 (Forest City, PA, 29 mi away) and 18425 (Greeley, PA, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18424 becomes 42481, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12448, 12484, 12844, 14428, 14482, 14824, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84124 in Salt Lake City, UT, 1,879 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,211 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18424 and you would come out at 41.24°S, 104.48°E — 899 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 81.2 square miles of land, 18424 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,213This ZIP5,213
Households2,127This ZIP2,127
Housing units3,976This ZIP3,976
Median age49.9This ZIP49.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$61,315This ZIP$61,315Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$195,500This ZIP$195,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,153This ZIP$1,153Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.4%This ZIP23.4%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density64.2 / sq miThis ZIP64.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments100This ZIP100
Employees2,057This ZIP2,057
Annual payroll$85,531,000This ZIP$85,531,000
Tax returns filed2,800This ZIP2,800
Total adjusted gross income$205,532,000This ZIP$205,532,000

Land area

Land area81.24 sq miThis ZIP81.24 sq mi
Water area1.76 sq miThis ZIP1.76 sq mi

Counties 18424 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Lackawanna County 69.0%
Wayne County 19.4%
Monroe County 9.9%
Luzerne County 1.8%

Other place names in 18424

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ZIP codes near 18424

ZIPCityDistance
18347 Pocono Lake, PA 6.3 mi
18444 Moscow, PA 6.9 mi
18466 Tobyhanna, PA 8.0 mi
18346 Pocono Summit, PA 8.6 mi
18445 Newfoundland, PA 9.0 mi
18460 South Sterling, PA 9.1 mi
18416 Elmhurst, PA 9.2 mi
18350 Pocono Pines, PA 9.5 mi
18463 Sterling, PA 10.0 mi
18507 Moosic, PA 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18424?

18424 is in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.2442, -75.5173.

What county is 18424 in?

18424 spans 4 counties: Lackawanna County, Wayne County, Monroe County and Luzerne County. Most of it falls in Lackawanna 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 18424?

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

What time zone is 18424 in?

18424 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18424?

About 5,213 people live in ZIP code 18424, in 2,127 households, at 64.2 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 18424?

$61,315 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18424?

The closest are 18347 (6.3 mi), 18444 (6.9 mi), 18466 (8 mi), 18346 (8.6 mi) and 18445 (9 mi).

Is 18424 a PO Box ZIP code?

18424 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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