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18517

ZIP 18517 is Taylor, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna
Population
5,303
Coordinates
41.3952, -75.7146
☼ Live from 18517 — Taylor, PA

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Where 18517 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18517
  • 🔢 Type 18517 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LISBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 18517 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100001010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18515 (Scranton, PA, 1 mi away) and 18518 (Old Forge, PA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18517 becomes 71581, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11758, 15781, 17518, 17581, 17815, 17851, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85711 in Tucson, AZ, 2,030 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,201 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18517 and you would come out at 41.40°S, 104.29°E — 913 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 4.2 square miles of land, 18517 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,303This ZIP5,303
Households1,895This ZIP1,895
Housing units2,013This ZIP2,013
Median age39.1This ZIP39.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$77,120This ZIP$77,120Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$190,100This ZIP$190,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,203This ZIP$1,203Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.6%This ZIP22.6%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density1,276.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,276.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments118This ZIP118
Employees3,847This ZIP3,847
Annual payroll$224,571,000This ZIP$224,571,000
Tax returns filed2,770This ZIP2,770
Total adjusted gross income$143,830,000This ZIP$143,830,000

Land area

Land area4.16 sq miThis ZIP4.16 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 18517

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

ZIP codes near 18517

ZIPCityDistance
18515 Scranton, PA 0.7 mi
18518 Old Forge, PA 1.9 mi
18504 Scranton, PA 2.0 mi
18503 Scranton, PA 2.6 mi
18502 Scranton, PA 2.8 mi
18507 Moosic, PA 3.0 mi
18505 Scranton, PA 3.5 mi
18510 Scranton, PA 3.8 mi
18501 Scranton, PA 4.0 mi
18540 Scranton, PA 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18517?

18517 is in Taylor, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3952, -75.7146.

What county is 18517 in?

18517 lies in Lackawanna County.

What area code is 18517?

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

What time zone is 18517 in?

18517 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18517?

About 5,303 people live in ZIP code 18517, in 1,895 households, at 1,276.0 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 18517?

$77,120 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18517?

The closest are 18515 (0.7 mi), 18518 (1.9 mi), 18504 (2 mi), 18503 (2.6 mi) and 18502 (2.8 mi).

Is 18517 a PO Box ZIP code?

18517 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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