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18434

ZIP 18434 is Jessup, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna
Population
4,031
Coordinates
41.4522, -75.5413
☼ Live from 18434 — Jessup, PA

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Where 18434 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18434
  • 🔢 Type 18434 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEhBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,434 = 2 × 13 × 709. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100000000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18433 (Jermyn, PA, 9 mi away) and 18435 (Lackawaxen, PA, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18434 becomes 43481, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13484, 13844, 14843, 18344, 18443, 34481, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84134 in Salt Lake City, UT, 1,881 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,209 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18434 and you would come out at 41.45°S, 104.46°E — 909 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
  • 📏 At 6.1 square miles of land, 18434 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,031This ZIP4,031
Households1,757This ZIP1,757
Housing units2,002This ZIP2,002
Median age44.9This ZIP44.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$62,922This ZIP$62,922Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$164,000This ZIP$164,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$959This ZIP$959Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.8%This ZIP27.8%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density660.5 / sq miThis ZIP660.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments105This ZIP105
Employees3,681This ZIP3,681
Annual payroll$216,189,000This ZIP$216,189,000
Tax returns filed2,160This ZIP2,160
Total adjusted gross income$123,950,000This ZIP$123,950,000

Land area

Land area6.10 sq miThis ZIP6.10 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 18434

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

ZIP codes near 18434

ZIPCityDistance
18448 Olyphant, PA 3.0 mi
18512 Scranton, PA 3.2 mi
18452 Peckville, PA 3.3 mi
18403 Archbald, PA 3.9 mi
18519 Scranton, PA 4.7 mi
18416 Elmhurst, PA 5.3 mi
18509 Scranton, PA 5.5 mi
18447 Olyphant, PA 5.8 mi
18508 Scranton, PA 6.1 mi
18501 Scranton, PA 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18434?

18434 is in Jessup, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.4522, -75.5413.

What county is 18434 in?

18434 lies in Lackawanna County.

What area code is 18434?

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

What time zone is 18434 in?

18434 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18434?

About 4,031 people live in ZIP code 18434, in 1,757 households, at 660.5 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 18434?

$62,922 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18434?

The closest are 18448 (3 mi), 18512 (3.2 mi), 18452 (3.3 mi), 18403 (3.9 mi) and 18519 (4.7 mi).

Is 18434 a PO Box ZIP code?

18434 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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