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18621

ZIP 18621 is Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Population
4,744
Coordinates
41.2553, -76.0911
☼ Live from 18621 — Hunlock Creek, PA

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Where 18621 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18621
  • 🔢 Type 18621 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,621 = 3 × 3 × 2069. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100010111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18619 (Hillsgrove, PA, 34 mi away) and 18622 (Huntington Mills, PA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18621 becomes 12681, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12168, 12186, 12816, 12861, 16218, 16821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81612 in Aspen, CO, 1,623 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,182 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18621 and you would come out at 41.26°S, 103.91°E — 922 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 45.0 square miles of land, 18621 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,744This ZIP4,744
Households1,972This ZIP1,972
Housing units2,290This ZIP2,290
Median age50.7This ZIP50.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$71,964This ZIP$71,964Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$186,100This ZIP$186,100Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher19.4%This ZIP19.4%
Mean commute32.9 minThis ZIP32.9 min
Population density105.5 / sq miThis ZIP105.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments75This ZIP75
Employees491This ZIP491
Annual payroll$25,939,000This ZIP$25,939,000
Tax returns filed2,360This ZIP2,360
Total adjusted gross income$153,137,000This ZIP$153,137,000

Land area

Land area44.95 sq miThis ZIP44.95 sq mi
Water area1.50 sq miThis ZIP1.50 sq mi

Other place names in 18621

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ZIP codes near 18621

ZIPCityDistance
18627 Lehman, PA 5.5 mi
18617 Glen Lyon, PA 5.9 mi
18634 Nanticoke, PA 6.0 mi
18651 Plymouth, PA 6.8 mi
18708 Shavertown, PA 7.2 mi
18654 Shawanese, PA 7.2 mi
18656 Sweet Valley, PA 7.2 mi
18655 Shickshinny, PA 7.5 mi
18690 Dallas, PA 8.7 mi
18612 Dallas, PA 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18621?

18621 is in Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.2553, -76.0911.

What county is 18621 in?

18621 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18621?

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

What time zone is 18621 in?

18621 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18621?

About 4,744 people live in ZIP code 18621, in 1,972 households, at 105.5 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 18621?

$71,964 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18621?

The closest are 18627 (5.5 mi), 18617 (5.9 mi), 18634 (6 mi), 18651 (6.8 mi) and 18708 (7.2 mi).

Is 18621 a PO Box ZIP code?

18621 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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