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19079

ZIP 19079 is Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County; area codes 215, 267 and 445; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Delaware
Population
8,745
Coordinates
39.9023, -75.2657
☼ Live from 19079 — Sharon Hill, PA

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Where 19079 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19079
  • 🔢 Type 19079 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLOGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 19079 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100101010000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19078 (Ridley Park, PA, 4 mi away) and 19080 (Wayne, PA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19079 becomes 97091, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07199, 09719, 10979, 10997, 17099, 19709, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09719 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,228 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,233 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19079 and you would come out at 39.90°S, 104.73°E — 829 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 1.6 square miles of land, 19079 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,745This ZIP8,745
Households3,115This ZIP3,115
Housing units3,543This ZIP3,543
Median age33.9This ZIP33.9Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$67,454This ZIP$67,454Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$167,800This ZIP$167,800Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,408This ZIP$1,408Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Mean commute34.7 minThis ZIP34.7 min
Population density5,408.2 / sq miThis ZIP5,408.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments196This ZIP196
Employees3,516This ZIP3,516
Annual payroll$208,587,000This ZIP$208,587,000
Tax returns filed4,100This ZIP4,100
Total adjusted gross income$188,910,000This ZIP$188,910,000

Land area

Land area1.62 sq miThis ZIP1.62 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 19079

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

ZIP codes near 19079

ZIPCityDistance
19023 Darby, PA 1.0 mi
19032 Folcroft, PA 1.1 mi
19036 Glenolden, PA 1.5 mi
19074 Norwood, PA 1.9 mi
19153 Philadelphia, PA 2.1 mi
19113 Philadelphia, PA 2.2 mi
19142 Philadelphia, PA 2.2 mi
19018 Clifton Heights, PA 2.3 mi
19043 Holmes, PA 2.3 mi
19098 Holmes, PA 2.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19079?

19079 is in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9023, -75.2657.

What county is 19079 in?

19079 lies in Delaware County.

What area code is 19079?

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

What time zone is 19079 in?

19079 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19079?

About 8,745 people live in ZIP code 19079, in 3,115 households, at 5,408.2 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 19079?

$67,454 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 19079?

The closest are 19023 (1 mi), 19032 (1.1 mi), 19036 (1.5 mi), 19074 (1.9 mi) and 19153 (2.1 mi).

Is 19079 a PO Box ZIP code?

19079 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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