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18518

ZIP 18518 is Old Forge, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lackawanna
Population
8,573
Coordinates
41.3750, -75.7396
☼ Live from 18518 — Old Forge, PA

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Where 18518 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18518
  • 🔢 Type 18518 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BISBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,518 = 2 × 47 × 197. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100001010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18517 (Taylor, PA, 2 mi away) and 18519 (Scranton, PA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18518 becomes 81581, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (18815, 18851, 85118, 88115, 88511). The farthest-flung twin is 85118 in Gold Canyon, AZ, 2,017 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,199 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18518 and you would come out at 41.37°S, 104.26°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 4.0 square miles of land, 18518 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,573This ZIP8,573
Households3,786This ZIP3,786
Housing units3,959This ZIP3,959
Median age47.4This ZIP47.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,812This ZIP$71,812Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$174,400This ZIP$174,400Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$859This ZIP$859Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.3%This ZIP30.3%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density2,118.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,118.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments170This ZIP170
Employees1,629This ZIP1,629
Annual payroll$64,234,000This ZIP$64,234,000
Tax returns filed4,460This ZIP4,460
Total adjusted gross income$311,862,000This ZIP$311,862,000

Land area

Land area4.05 sq miThis ZIP4.05 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 18518

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

ZIP codes near 18518

ZIPCityDistance
18517 Taylor, PA 1.9 mi
18642 Duryea, PA 2.2 mi
18515 Scranton, PA 2.6 mi
18641 Pittston, PA 2.7 mi
18507 Moosic, PA 3.2 mi
18504 Scranton, PA 3.8 mi
18503 Scranton, PA 4.4 mi
18502 Scranton, PA 4.5 mi
18653 Ransom, PA 4.6 mi
18505 Scranton, PA 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18518?

18518 is in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3750, -75.7396.

What county is 18518 in?

18518 lies in Lackawanna County.

What area code is 18518?

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

What time zone is 18518 in?

18518 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18518?

About 8,573 people live in ZIP code 18518, in 3,786 households, at 2,118.9 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 18518?

$71,812 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18518?

The closest are 18517 (1.9 mi), 18642 (2.2 mi), 18515 (2.6 mi), 18641 (2.7 mi) and 18507 (3.2 mi).

Is 18518 a PO Box ZIP code?

18518 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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