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18972

ZIP 18972 is Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County; area codes 484 and 610; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bucks
Population
3,104
Coordinates
40.5273, -75.1247
☼ Live from 18972 — Upper Black Eddy, PA

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Where 18972 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 18972
  • 🔢 Type 18972 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLGBI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 18,972 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 17 × 31. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100101000011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 18971 (Tylersport, PA, 18 mi away) and 18974 (Warminster, PA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 18972 becomes 27981 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wanchese, NC, 324 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12789, 12879, 12978, 12987, 17829, 17982, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97128 in Mcminnville, OR, 2,423 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,235 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 18972 and you would come out at 40.53°S, 104.88°E — 851 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 23.1 square miles of land, 18972 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,104This ZIP3,104
Households1,381This ZIP1,381
Housing units1,517This ZIP1,517
Median age56.1This ZIP56.1Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$80,208This ZIP$80,208Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$478,000This ZIP$478,000Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,364This ZIP$1,364Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.7%This ZIP33.7%
Mean commute42.6 minThis ZIP42.6 min
Population density134.2 / sq miThis ZIP134.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments61This ZIP61
Employees194This ZIP194
Annual payroll$10,266,000This ZIP$10,266,000
Tax returns filed1,620This ZIP1,620
Total adjusted gross income$176,630,000This ZIP$176,630,000

Land area

Land area23.12 sq miThis ZIP23.12 sq mi
Water area0.76 sq miThis ZIP0.76 sq mi

ZIP codes near 18972

ZIPCityDistance
18953 Revere, PA 2.1 mi
18921 Ferndale, PA 2.4 mi
18920 Erwinna, PA 3.1 mi
18942 Ottsville, PA 4.3 mi
18930 Kintnersville, PA 4.6 mi
08848 Milford, NJ 4.9 mi
08825 Frenchtown, NJ 5.2 mi
18039 Durham, PA 6.2 mi
08803 Baptistown, NJ 6.2 mi
18077 Riegelsville, PA 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 18972?

18972 is in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5273, -75.1247.

What county is 18972 in?

18972 lies in Bucks County.

What area code is 18972?

Upper Black Eddy uses area codes 484 and 610, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 18972 in?

18972 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 18972?

About 3,104 people live in ZIP code 18972, in 1,381 households, at 134.2 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 18972?

$80,208 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 18972?

The closest are 18953 (2.1 mi), 18921 (2.4 mi), 18920 (3.1 mi), 18942 (4.3 mi) and 18930 (4.6 mi).

Is 18972 a PO Box ZIP code?

18972 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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