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18641

ZIP 18641 is in Pittston, Pennsylvania, mostly in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time. Pittston has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 18640 and 18643.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne +1 more
Population
6,305
Coordinates
41.3364, -75.7284
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Where 18641 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18641
  • 🔢 Type 18641 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,641 = 7 × 2663. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100011010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18640 (Pittston, PA, 3 mi away) and 18642 (Duryea, PA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18641 becomes 14681, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14168, 14618, 14816, 14861, 16148, 16841, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86411 in Hackberry, AZ, 2,081 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,200 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18641 and you would come out at 41.34°S, 104.27°E — 911 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 4.5 square miles of land, 18641 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,305This ZIP6,305
Households2,862This ZIP2,862
Housing units3,149This ZIP3,149
Median age47.7This ZIP47.7Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$75,708This ZIP$75,708Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$151,700This ZIP$151,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$963This ZIP$963Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%This ZIP20.6%
Mean commute18.2 minThis ZIP18.2 min
Population density1,386.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,386.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments109This ZIP109
Employees1,124This ZIP1,124
Annual payroll$53,968,000This ZIP$53,968,000
Tax returns filed3,420This ZIP3,420
Total adjusted gross income$206,342,000This ZIP$206,342,000

Land area

Land area4.55 sq miThis ZIP4.55 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 18641 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Luzerne County 80.3%
Lackawanna County 19.7%

Other place names in 18641

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ZIP codes near 18641

ZIPCityDistance
18642 Duryea, PA 2.7 mi
18518 Old Forge, PA 2.7 mi
18640 Pittston, PA 2.8 mi
18507 Moosic, PA 2.9 mi
18517 Taylor, PA 4.1 mi
18515 Scranton, PA 4.8 mi
18505 Scranton, PA 5.5 mi
18643 Pittston, PA 6.0 mi
18503 Scranton, PA 6.0 mi
18502 Scranton, PA 6.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18641?

18641 is in Pittston, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3364, -75.7284.

What county is 18641 in?

18641 spans 2 counties: Luzerne County and Lackawanna 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 18641?

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

What time zone is 18641 in?

18641 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18641?

About 6,305 people live in ZIP code 18641, in 2,862 households, at 1,386.6 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 18641?

$75,708 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18641?

The closest are 18642 (2.7 mi), 18518 (2.7 mi), 18640 (2.8 mi), 18507 (2.9 mi) and 18517 (4.1 mi).

Is 18641 a PO Box ZIP code?

18641 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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