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18947

ZIP 18947 is Pipersville, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County; area codes 267, 445 and 215; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bucks
Population
6,477
Coordinates
40.4229, -75.1178
☼ Live from 18947 — Pipersville, PA

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Where 18947 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18947
  • 🔢 Type 18947 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhGBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 18947 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100101000000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18946 (Pineville, PA, 11 mi away) and 18949 (Plumsteadville, PA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18947 becomes 74981, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14879, 14897, 17948, 18974, 19478, 47918, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97481 in Tenmile, OR, 2,469 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,237 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18947 and you would come out at 40.42°S, 104.88°E — 846 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
  • 📏 At 25.2 square miles of land, 18947 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,477This ZIP6,477
Households2,381This ZIP2,381
Housing units2,673This ZIP2,673
Median age45.5This ZIP45.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$140,783This ZIP$140,783Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$615,000This ZIP$615,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,927This ZIP$1,927Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.6%This ZIP52.6%
Mean commute28.7 minThis ZIP28.7 min
Population density257.3 / sq miThis ZIP257.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments218This ZIP218
Employees3,264This ZIP3,264
Annual payroll$209,109,000This ZIP$209,109,000
Tax returns filed3,080This ZIP3,080
Total adjusted gross income$439,913,000This ZIP$439,913,000

Land area

Land area25.18 sq miThis ZIP25.18 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 18947

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ZIP codes near 18947

ZIPCityDistance
18949 Plumsteadville, PA 2.7 mi
18950 Point Pleasant, PA 2.8 mi
18910 Bedminster, PA 3.2 mi
18933 Lumberville, PA 4.4 mi
18942 Ottsville, PA 4.4 mi
18913 Carversville, PA 4.8 mi
18916 Danboro, PA 4.8 mi
18902 Doylestown, PA 4.9 mi
18920 Erwinna, PA 5.1 mi
18923 Fountainville, PA 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18947?

18947 is in Pipersville, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.4229, -75.1178.

What county is 18947 in?

18947 lies in Bucks County.

What area code is 18947?

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

What time zone is 18947 in?

18947 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18947?

About 6,477 people live in ZIP code 18947, in 2,381 households, at 257.3 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 18947?

$140,783 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18947?

The closest are 18949 (2.7 mi), 18950 (2.8 mi), 18910 (3.2 mi), 18933 (4.4 mi) and 18942 (4.4 mi).

Is 18947 a PO Box ZIP code?

18947 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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