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18634

ZIP 18634 is Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Population
13,785
Coordinates
41.1855, -76.0226
☼ Live from 18634 — Nanticoke, PA

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Where 18634 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18634
  • 🔢 Type 18634 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,634 = 2 × 7 × 11 × 11 × 11. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100011001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18632 (Mildred, PA, 26 mi away) and 18635 (Nescopeck, PA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18634 becomes 43681 — and that is a real ZIP code: Toledo, OH, 386 miles away.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13468, 13486, 13648, 13684, 13846, 13864, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86413 in Golden Valley, AZ, 2,100 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,185 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18634 and you would come out at 41.19°S, 103.98°E — 916 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 14.3 square miles of land, 18634 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,785This ZIP13,785
Households5,796This ZIP5,796
Housing units6,592This ZIP6,592
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$61,439This ZIP$61,439Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$111,700This ZIP$111,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$822This ZIP$822Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.5%This ZIP19.5%
Mean commute22.3 minThis ZIP22.3 min
Population density963.4 / sq miThis ZIP963.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments175This ZIP175
Employees1,610This ZIP1,610
Annual payroll$61,407,000This ZIP$61,407,000
Tax returns filed6,710This ZIP6,710
Total adjusted gross income$348,632,000This ZIP$348,632,000

Land area

Land area14.31 sq miThis ZIP14.31 sq mi
Water area0.36 sq miThis ZIP0.36 sq mi

Other place names in 18634

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

ZIP codes near 18634

ZIPCityDistance
18617 Glen Lyon, PA 3.0 mi
18706 Wilkes Barre, PA 5.7 mi
18651 Plymouth, PA 5.8 mi
18621 Hunlock Creek, PA 6.0 mi
18660 Wapwallopen, PA 6.4 mi
18707 Mountain Top, PA 6.5 mi
18766 Wilkes Barre, PA 8.0 mi
18703 Wilkes Barre, PA 8.1 mi
18701 Wilkes Barre, PA 8.2 mi
18708 Shavertown, PA 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18634?

18634 is in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1855, -76.0226.

What county is 18634 in?

18634 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18634?

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

What time zone is 18634 in?

18634 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18634?

About 13,785 people live in ZIP code 18634, in 5,796 households, at 963.4 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 18634?

$61,439 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18634?

The closest are 18617 (3 mi), 18706 (5.7 mi), 18651 (5.8 mi), 18621 (6 mi) and 18660 (6.4 mi).

Is 18634 a PO Box ZIP code?

18634 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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