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18440

ZIP 18440 is La Plume, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County; area codes 272 and 570; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna
Population
35
Coordinates
41.5593, -75.7651
☼ Live from 18440 — La Plume, PA

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Where 18440 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18440
  • 🔢 Type 18440 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhhBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,440 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 461. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100000001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18439 (Lakewood, PA, 28 mi away) and 18441 (Lenoxville, PA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18440 becomes 04481 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sebec, ME, 420 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01844, 04418, 04481, 04841, 14048, 14480, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84104 in Salt Lake City, UT, 1,871 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,198 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18440 and you would come out at 41.56°S, 104.23°E — 923 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
  • 📏 At 0.375 square miles of land, 18440 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 182 football fields.
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People and housing

Population35This ZIP35
Households18This ZIP18
Housing units18This ZIP18
Median age60.8This ZIP60.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$250,000+This ZIP$250,000+Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$1,093,800This ZIP$1,093,800Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher71.4%This ZIP71.4%
Population density93.3 / sq miThis ZIP93.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees467This ZIP467
Annual payroll$11,484,000This ZIP$11,484,000

Land area

Land area0.38 sq miThis ZIP0.38 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 18440

ZIPCityDistance
18414 Dalton, PA 1.6 mi
18419 Factoryville, PA 2.1 mi
18471 Waverly, PA 4.1 mi
18420 Fleetville, PA 4.7 mi
18625 Lake Winola, PA 5.4 mi
18410 Chinchilla, PA 6.3 mi
18446 Nicholson, PA 6.7 mi
18411 Clarks Summit, PA 7.0 mi
18447 Olyphant, PA 8.2 mi
18615 Falls, PA 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18440?

18440 is in La Plume, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5593, -75.7651.

What county is 18440 in?

18440 lies in Lackawanna County.

What area code is 18440?

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

What time zone is 18440 in?

18440 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18440?

About 35 people live in ZIP code 18440, in 18 households, at 93.3 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 18440?

$250,000+ a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18440?

The closest are 18414 (1.6 mi), 18419 (2.1 mi), 18471 (4.1 mi), 18420 (4.7 mi) and 18625 (5.4 mi).

Is 18440 a PO Box ZIP code?

18440 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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