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18444

ZIP 18444 is Moscow, Pennsylvania, mostly in Lackawanna County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna +1 more
Population
13,604
Coordinates
41.3405, -75.5517
☼ Live from 18444 — Moscow, PA

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Where 18444 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18444
  • 🔢 Type 18444 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhhBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,444 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 29 × 53. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100000001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18443 (Milanville, PA, 32 mi away) and 18445 (Newfoundland, PA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18444 becomes 44481 — and that is a real ZIP code: Warren, OH, 278 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (41844, 44418, 44481, 44814, 44841, 48144, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84414 in Ogden, UT, 1,875 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 18444 and you would come out at 41.34°S, 104.45°E — 905 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 105.1 square miles of land, 18444 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 80 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,604This ZIP13,604
Households5,403This ZIP5,403
Housing units5,916This ZIP5,916
Median age47.4This ZIP47.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$84,246This ZIP$84,246Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$261,100This ZIP$261,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,059This ZIP$1,059Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.2%This ZIP34.2%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density129.4 / sq miThis ZIP129.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments249This ZIP249
Employees1,933This ZIP1,933
Annual payroll$86,000,000This ZIP$86,000,000
Tax returns filed6,780This ZIP6,780
Total adjusted gross income$589,026,000This ZIP$589,026,000

Land area

Land area105.13 sq miThis ZIP105.13 sq mi
Water area1.50 sq miThis ZIP1.50 sq mi

Counties 18444 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lackawanna County 86.1%
Wayne County 13.9%

Other place names in 18444

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ZIP codes near 18444

ZIPCityDistance
18416 Elmhurst, PA 2.4 mi
18505 Scranton, PA 6.0 mi
18501 Scranton, PA 6.1 mi
18540 Scranton, PA 6.1 mi
18577 Scranton, PA 6.1 mi
18512 Scranton, PA 6.3 mi
18510 Scranton, PA 6.6 mi
18507 Moosic, PA 6.9 mi
18424 Gouldsboro, PA 6.9 mi
18502 Scranton, PA 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18444?

18444 is in Moscow, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3405, -75.5517.

What county is 18444 in?

18444 spans 2 counties: Lackawanna County and Wayne 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 18444?

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

What time zone is 18444 in?

18444 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18444?

About 13,604 people live in ZIP code 18444, in 5,403 households, at 129.4 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 18444?

$84,246 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18444?

The closest are 18416 (2.4 mi), 18505 (6 mi), 18501 (6.1 mi), 18540 (6.1 mi) and 18577 (6.1 mi).

Is 18444 a PO Box ZIP code?

18444 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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