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18602

ZIP 18602 is Bear Creek, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Population
628
Coordinates
41.1860, -75.7540
☼ Live from 18602 — Bear Creek, PA

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Where 18602 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18602
  • 🔢 Type 18602 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,602 = 2 × 71 × 131. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100010101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18601 (Beach Haven, PA, 23 mi away) and 18603 (Berwick, PA, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18602 becomes 20681, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01826, 01862, 02186, 02816, 02861, 06128, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86021 in Colorado City, AZ, 2,012 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% 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 18602 and you would come out at 41.19°S, 104.25°E — 905 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 1.9 square miles of land, 18602 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population628This ZIP628
Households214This ZIP214
Housing units250This ZIP250
Median age34.8This ZIP34.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$160,962This ZIP$160,962Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$412,700This ZIP$412,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher51.9%This ZIP51.9%
Mean commute44.2 minThis ZIP44.2 min
Population density331.2 / sq miThis ZIP331.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees53This ZIP53
Annual payroll$998,000This ZIP$998,000

Land area

Land area1.90 sq miThis ZIP1.90 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 18602

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

ZIP codes near 18602

ZIPCityDistance
18702 Wilkes Barre, PA 3.1 mi
18705 Wilkes Barre, PA 7.5 mi
18661 White Haven, PA 7.6 mi
18640 Pittston, PA 7.7 mi
18703 Wilkes Barre, PA 7.9 mi
18701 Wilkes Barre, PA 7.9 mi
18766 Wilkes Barre, PA 8.1 mi
18706 Wilkes Barre, PA 8.4 mi
18710 Wilkes Barre, PA 8.9 mi
18711 Wilkes Barre, PA 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18602?

18602 is in Bear Creek, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1860, -75.7540.

What county is 18602 in?

18602 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18602?

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

What time zone is 18602 in?

18602 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18602?

About 628 people live in ZIP code 18602, in 214 households, at 331.2 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 18602?

$160,962 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18602?

The closest are 18702 (3.1 mi), 18705 (7.5 mi), 18661 (7.6 mi), 18640 (7.7 mi) and 18703 (7.9 mi).

Is 18602 a PO Box ZIP code?

18602 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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