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18940

ZIP 18940 is Newtown, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County; area codes 267, 215 and 445; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bucks
Population
29,626
Coordinates
40.2606, -74.9371
☼ Live from 18940 — Newtown, PA

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Where 18940 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18940
  • 🔢 Type 18940 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhGBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,940 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 947. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100100111111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18938 (New Hope, PA, 7 mi away) and 18942 (Ottsville, PA, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18940 becomes 04981 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stockton Springs, ME, 428 miles away.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01984, 04918, 04981, 09184, 09418, 09814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09814 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,315 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 88%.
  • 🎯1,247 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18940 and you would come out at 40.26°S, 105.06°E — 831 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 34.6 square miles of land, 18940 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,626This ZIP29,626
Households11,516This ZIP11,516
Housing units11,738This ZIP11,738
Median age45.9This ZIP45.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$157,414This ZIP$157,414Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$655,000This ZIP$655,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,086This ZIP$2,086Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher65.6%This ZIP65.6%
Mean commute31.8 minThis ZIP31.8 min
Population density856.8 / sq miThis ZIP856.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,226This ZIP1,226
Employees15,835This ZIP15,835
Annual payroll$977,573,000This ZIP$977,573,000
Tax returns filed15,900This ZIP15,900
Total adjusted gross income$4,356,405,000This ZIP$4,356,405,000

Land area

Land area34.58 sq miThis ZIP34.58 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

Other place names in 18940

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ZIP codes near 18940

ZIPCityDistance
18977 Washington Crossing, PA 3.7 mi
18954 Richboro, PA 3.8 mi
18943 Penns Park, PA 3.9 mi
18980 Wycombe, PA 4.0 mi
18946 Pineville, PA 4.0 mi
18956 Rushland, PA 4.1 mi
19067 Morrisville, PA 4.6 mi
08560 Titusville, NJ 5.7 mi
19047 Langhorne, PA 5.7 mi
08628 Trenton, NJ 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18940?

18940 is in Newtown, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2606, -74.9371.

What county is 18940 in?

18940 lies in Bucks County.

What area code is 18940?

Newtown uses area codes 267, 215 and 445, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 18940 in?

18940 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18940?

About 29,626 people live in ZIP code 18940, in 11,516 households, at 856.8 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 18940?

$157,414 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18940?

The closest are 18977 (3.7 mi), 18954 (3.8 mi), 18943 (3.9 mi), 18980 (4 mi) and 18946 (4 mi).

Is 18940 a PO Box ZIP code?

18940 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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