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19078

ZIP 19078 is Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County; area codes 215, 267 and 445; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Delaware
Population
11,683
Coordinates
39.8736, -75.3213
☼ Live from 19078 — Ridley Park, PA

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Where 19078 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19078
  • 🔢 Type 19078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,078 = 2 × 9539. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100101010000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19076 (Prospect Park, PA, 1 mi away) and 19079 (Sharon Hill, PA, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19078 becomes 87091, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01879, 07189, 07198, 07981, 09178, 09187, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09817 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,596 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,230 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19078 and you would come out at 39.87°S, 104.68°E — 830 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 2.0 square miles of land, 19078 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,683This ZIP11,683
Households4,725This ZIP4,725
Housing units4,920This ZIP4,920
Median age39.0This ZIP39.0Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$94,681This ZIP$94,681Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$257,500This ZIP$257,500Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,329This ZIP$1,329Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.0%This ZIP31.0%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density5,749.5 / sq miThis ZIP5,749.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments149This ZIP149
Employees5,847This ZIP5,847
Annual payroll$522,855,000This ZIP$522,855,000
Tax returns filed5,980This ZIP5,980
Total adjusted gross income$452,699,000This ZIP$452,699,000

Land area

Land area2.03 sq miThis ZIP2.03 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Other place names in 19078

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 19078

ZIPCityDistance
19076 Prospect Park, PA 1.1 mi
19033 Folsom, PA 1.3 mi
19094 Woodlyn, PA 1.3 mi
19022 Crum Lynne, PA 1.4 mi
19074 Norwood, PA 1.6 mi
19098 Holmes, PA 1.6 mi
19029 Essington, PA 1.7 mi
19043 Holmes, PA 2.0 mi
19081 Swarthmore, PA 2.2 mi
19070 Morton, PA 2.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19078?

19078 is in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8736, -75.3213.

What county is 19078 in?

19078 lies in Delaware County.

What area code is 19078?

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

What time zone is 19078 in?

19078 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19078?

About 11,683 people live in ZIP code 19078, in 4,725 households, at 5,749.5 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 19078?

$94,681 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 19078?

The closest are 19076 (1.1 mi), 19033 (1.3 mi), 19094 (1.3 mi), 19022 (1.4 mi) and 19074 (1.6 mi).

Is 19078 a PO Box ZIP code?

19078 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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