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18655

ZIP 18655 is Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, mostly in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne +1 more
Population
6,018
Coordinates
41.1877, -76.2032
☼ Live from 18655 — Shickshinny, PA

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Where 18655 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18655
  • 🔢 Type 18655 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,655 = 5 × 7 × 13 × 41. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100011011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18654 (Shawanese, PA, 14 mi away) and 18656 (Sweet Valley, PA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18655 becomes 55681, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15658, 15685, 15856, 15865, 16855, 55816, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85615 in Hereford, AZ, 1,996 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,176 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18655 and you would come out at 41.19°S, 103.80°E — 923 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 71.4 square miles of land, 18655 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 54 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,018This ZIP6,018
Households2,518This ZIP2,518
Housing units2,976This ZIP2,976
Median age47.3This ZIP47.3Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$72,571This ZIP$72,571Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$190,700This ZIP$190,700Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$973This ZIP$973Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.4%This ZIP18.4%
Mean commute36.5 minThis ZIP36.5 min
Population density84.3 / sq miThis ZIP84.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments68This ZIP68
Employees376This ZIP376
Annual payroll$12,384,000This ZIP$12,384,000
Tax returns filed2,850This ZIP2,850
Total adjusted gross income$184,179,000This ZIP$184,179,000

Land area

Land area71.39 sq miThis ZIP71.39 sq mi
Water area1.18 sq miThis ZIP1.18 sq mi

Counties 18655 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Luzerne County 90.4%
Columbia County 9.6%

Other place names in 18655

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ZIP codes near 18655

ZIPCityDistance
18622 Huntington Mills, PA 3.8 mi
18611 Cambra, PA 5.4 mi
17878 Stillwater, PA 6.3 mi
18617 Glen Lyon, PA 6.6 mi
18621 Hunlock Creek, PA 7.5 mi
18603 Berwick, PA 7.6 mi
18601 Beach Haven, PA 8.4 mi
18634 Nanticoke, PA 9.4 mi
18660 Wapwallopen, PA 9.5 mi
17814 Benton, PA 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18655?

18655 is in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1877, -76.2032.

What county is 18655 in?

18655 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 18655?

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

What time zone is 18655 in?

18655 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18655?

About 6,018 people live in ZIP code 18655, in 2,518 households, at 84.3 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 18655?

$72,571 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18655?

The closest are 18622 (3.8 mi), 18611 (5.4 mi), 17878 (6.3 mi), 18617 (6.6 mi) and 18621 (7.5 mi).

Is 18655 a PO Box ZIP code?

18655 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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