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19081

ZIP 19081 is Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County; area codes 215, 267 and 445; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Delaware
Population
10,089
Coordinates
39.8986, -75.3475
☼ Live from 19081 — Swarthmore, PA

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Where 19081 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19081
  • 🔢 Type 19081 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBOGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 19081 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100101010001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19080 (Wayne, PA, 10 mi away) and 19082 (Upper Darby, PA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19081 becomes 18091 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wind Gap, PA, 64 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09811, 10918, 10981, 11980, 18091, 18109, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09811 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,460 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 87%.
  • 🎯1,229 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19081 and you would come out at 39.90°S, 104.65°E — 832 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 2.2 square miles of land, 19081 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,089This ZIP10,089
Households3,415This ZIP3,415
Housing units3,561This ZIP3,561
Median age34.8This ZIP34.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$134,135This ZIP$134,135Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$378,600This ZIP$378,600Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,535This ZIP$1,535Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher64.4%This ZIP64.4%
Mean commute26.4 minThis ZIP26.4 min
Population density4,666.5 / sq miThis ZIP4,666.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments182This ZIP182
Employees3,784This ZIP3,784
Annual payroll$171,302,000This ZIP$171,302,000
Tax returns filed4,550This ZIP4,550
Total adjusted gross income$792,498,000This ZIP$792,498,000

Land area

Land area2.16 sq miThis ZIP2.16 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 19081

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

ZIP codes near 19081

ZIPCityDistance
19033 Folsom, PA 1.1 mi
19086 Wallingford, PA 1.3 mi
19070 Morton, PA 1.3 mi
19094 Woodlyn, PA 1.6 mi
19098 Holmes, PA 2.0 mi
19043 Holmes, PA 2.1 mi
19078 Ridley Park, PA 2.2 mi
19076 Prospect Park, PA 2.3 mi
19064 Springfield, PA 2.4 mi
19065 Media, PA 2.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19081?

19081 is in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8986, -75.3475.

What county is 19081 in?

19081 lies in Delaware County.

What area code is 19081?

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

What time zone is 19081 in?

19081 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19081?

About 10,089 people live in ZIP code 19081, in 3,415 households, at 4,666.5 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 19081?

$134,135 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 19081?

The closest are 19033 (1.1 mi), 19086 (1.3 mi), 19070 (1.3 mi), 19094 (1.6 mi) and 19098 (2 mi).

Is 19081 a PO Box ZIP code?

19081 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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