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18426

ZIP 18426 is Greentown, Pennsylvania, mostly in Pike County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pike +1 more
Metro area
Hemlock Farms, PA
Population
3,705
Coordinates
41.3255, -75.2391
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Where 18426 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18426
  • 🔢 Type 18426 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZhBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,426 = 2 × 3 × 37 × 83. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100011111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18425 (Greeley, PA, 13 mi away) and 18427 (Hamlin, PA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18426 becomes 62481 — and that is a real ZIP code: Yale, IL, 691 miles away.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12468, 12486, 12846, 12864, 14826, 16248, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86412 in Hualapai, AZ, 2,113 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,226 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18426 and you would come out at 41.33°S, 104.76°E — 892 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 52.1 square miles of land, 18426 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 40 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,705This ZIP3,705
Households1,401This ZIP1,401
Housing units3,994This ZIP3,994
Median age52.3This ZIP52.3Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$63,219This ZIP$63,219Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$272,300This ZIP$272,300Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,323This ZIP$1,323Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.3%This ZIP20.3%
Mean commute40.9 minThis ZIP40.9 min
Population density71.1 / sq miThis ZIP71.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments89This ZIP89
Employees443This ZIP443
Annual payroll$15,522,000This ZIP$15,522,000
Tax returns filed2,050This ZIP2,050
Total adjusted gross income$155,672,000This ZIP$155,672,000

Land area

Land area52.12 sq miThis ZIP52.12 sq mi
Water area6.56 sq miThis ZIP6.56 sq mi

Counties 18426 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pike County 99.7%
Wayne County 0.4%

ZIP codes near 18426

ZIPCityDistance
18325 Canadensis, PA 4.6 mi
18451 Paupack, PA 5.1 mi
18464 Tafton, PA 6.3 mi
18445 Newfoundland, PA 6.5 mi
18357 Skytop, PA 6.6 mi
18460 South Sterling, PA 6.7 mi
18438 Lakeville, PA 7.4 mi
18463 Sterling, PA 7.5 mi
18323 Buck Hill Falls, PA 9.1 mi
18427 Hamlin, PA 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18426?

18426 is in Greentown, Pennsylvania, in Pike County, part of the Hemlock Farms, PA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3255, -75.2391.

What county is 18426 in?

18426 spans 2 counties: Pike County and Wayne County. Most of it falls in Pike 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 18426?

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

What time zone is 18426 in?

18426 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18426?

About 3,705 people live in ZIP code 18426, in 1,401 households, at 71.1 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 18426?

$63,219 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18426?

The closest are 18325 (4.6 mi), 18451 (5.1 mi), 18464 (6.3 mi), 18445 (6.5 mi) and 18357 (6.6 mi).

Is 18426 a PO Box ZIP code?

18426 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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