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18656

ZIP 18656 is Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County; area codes 570 and 272; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Luzerne
Population
2,066
Coordinates
41.3325, -76.1854
☼ Live from 18656 — Sweet Valley, PA

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Where 18656 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18656
  • 🔢 Type 18656 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSgBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,656 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 53. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100011100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18655 (Shickshinny, PA, 10 mi away) and 18657 (Tunkhannock, PA, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18656 becomes 65681 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lampe, MO, 984 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15668, 15686, 15866, 16685, 16856, 16865, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85616 in Huachuca City, AZ, 1,994 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% 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 18656 and you would come out at 41.33°S, 103.81°E — 929 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 59.8 square miles of land, 18656 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 45 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,066This ZIP2,066
Households859This ZIP859
Housing units1,026This ZIP1,026
Median age50.2This ZIP50.2Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$76,804This ZIP$76,804Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$233,000This ZIP$233,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,010This ZIP$1,010Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.4%This ZIP24.4%
Mean commute30.9 minThis ZIP30.9 min
Population density34.5 / sq miThis ZIP34.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments36This ZIP36
Employees195This ZIP195
Annual payroll$7,455,000This ZIP$7,455,000
Tax returns filed1,110This ZIP1,110
Total adjusted gross income$74,777,000This ZIP$74,777,000

Land area

Land area59.81 sq miThis ZIP59.81 sq mi
Water area0.55 sq miThis ZIP0.55 sq mi

ZIP codes near 18656

ZIPCityDistance
18636 Noxen, PA 7.1 mi
18621 Hunlock Creek, PA 7.2 mi
18654 Shawanese, PA 8.1 mi
18618 Harveys Lake, PA 8.3 mi
18627 Lehman, PA 8.5 mi
18628 Lopez, PA 9.5 mi
18655 Shickshinny, PA 10.0 mi
18622 Huntington Mills, PA 10.2 mi
18612 Dallas, PA 10.7 mi
17814 Benton, PA 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18656?

18656 is in Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3325, -76.1854.

What county is 18656 in?

18656 lies in Luzerne County.

What area code is 18656?

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

What time zone is 18656 in?

18656 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18656?

About 2,066 people live in ZIP code 18656, in 859 households, at 34.5 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 18656?

$76,804 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18656?

The closest are 18636 (7.1 mi), 18621 (7.2 mi), 18654 (8.1 mi), 18618 (8.3 mi) and 18627 (8.5 mi).

Is 18656 a PO Box ZIP code?

18656 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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