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18505

ZIP 18505 is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time. Scranton has 13 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna
Population
20,797
Coordinates
41.3880, -75.6484
☼ Live from 18505 — Scranton, PA

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Where 18505 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18505
  • 🔢 Type 18505 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOSBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,505 = 5 × 3701. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100001001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18504 (Scranton, PA, 4 mi away) and 18507 (Moosic, PA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18505 becomes 50581 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rolfe, IA, 972 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01585, 05158, 05851, 08515, 08551, 15085, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85051 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,056 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,204 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18505 and you would come out at 41.39°S, 104.35°E — 910 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 8.8 square miles of land, 18505 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,797This ZIP20,797
Households8,441This ZIP8,441
Housing units9,992This ZIP9,992
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$52,398This ZIP$52,398Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$156,700This ZIP$156,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$994This ZIP$994Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.9%This ZIP25.9%
Mean commute20.7 minThis ZIP20.7 min
Population density2,357.7 / sq miThis ZIP2,357.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments335This ZIP335
Employees6,670This ZIP6,670
Annual payroll$279,466,000This ZIP$279,466,000
Tax returns filed9,470This ZIP9,470
Total adjusted gross income$504,359,000This ZIP$504,359,000

Land area

Land area8.82 sq miThis ZIP8.82 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Other place names in 18505

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ZIP codes near 18505

ZIPCityDistance
18501 Scranton, PA 1.1 mi
18540 Scranton, PA 1.1 mi
18577 Scranton, PA 1.1 mi
18510 Scranton, PA 1.4 mi
18502 Scranton, PA 1.7 mi
18503 Scranton, PA 1.8 mi
18507 Moosic, PA 2.6 mi
18509 Scranton, PA 3.0 mi
18515 Scranton, PA 3.2 mi
18517 Taylor, PA 3.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18505?

18505 is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3880, -75.6484.

What county is 18505 in?

18505 lies in Lackawanna County.

What area code is 18505?

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

What time zone is 18505 in?

18505 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18505?

About 20,797 people live in ZIP code 18505, in 8,441 households, at 2,357.7 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 18505?

$52,398 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18505?

The closest are 18501 (1.1 mi), 18540 (1.1 mi), 18577 (1.1 mi), 18510 (1.4 mi) and 18502 (1.7 mi).

Is 18505 a PO Box ZIP code?

18505 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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