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18635

ZIP 18635 is Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, mostly in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne +1 more
Population
3,734
Coordinates
41.0292, -76.2013
☼ Live from 18635 — Nescopeck, PA

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Where 18635 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18635
  • 🔢 Type 18635 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SEgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,635 = 5 × 3727. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100011001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18634 (Nanticoke, PA, 14 mi away) and 18636 (Noxen, PA, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18635 becomes 53681, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13658, 13685, 13856, 13865, 15368, 15638, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83651 in Nampa, ID, 2,053 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,177 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18635 and you would come out at 41.03°S, 103.80°E — 916 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 37.6 square miles of land, 18635 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,734This ZIP3,734
Households1,604This ZIP1,604
Housing units1,787This ZIP1,787
Median age45.3This ZIP45.3Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$73,480This ZIP$73,480Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$195,800This ZIP$195,800Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$896This ZIP$896Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.3%This ZIP24.3%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density99.2 / sq miThis ZIP99.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments58This ZIP58
Employees347This ZIP347
Annual payroll$17,503,000This ZIP$17,503,000
Tax returns filed2,010This ZIP2,010
Total adjusted gross income$135,903,000This ZIP$135,903,000

Land area

Land area37.64 sq miThis ZIP37.64 sq mi
Water area0.29 sq miThis ZIP0.29 sq mi

Counties 18635 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Luzerne County 60.2%
Columbia County 39.8%

Other place names in 18635

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

ZIP codes near 18635

ZIPCityDistance
18601 Beach Haven, PA 3.0 mi
18603 Berwick, PA 4.4 mi
18246 Rock Glen, PA 5.0 mi
18249 Sugarloaf, PA 5.3 mi
18631 Mifflinville, PA 5.3 mi
18241 Nuremberg, PA 6.2 mi
18256 Weston, PA 6.8 mi
18251 Sybertsville, PA 6.8 mi
17985 Zion Grove, PA 7.9 mi
18219 Conyngham, PA 7.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18635?

18635 is in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0292, -76.2013.

What county is 18635 in?

18635 spans 2 counties: Luzerne County and Columbia County. Most of it falls in Luzerne County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 18635?

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

What time zone is 18635 in?

18635 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18635?

About 3,734 people live in ZIP code 18635, in 1,604 households, at 99.2 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 18635?

$73,480 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18635?

The closest are 18601 (3 mi), 18603 (4.4 mi), 18246 (5 mi), 18249 (5.3 mi) and 18631 (5.3 mi).

Is 18635 a PO Box ZIP code?

18635 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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