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19473

ZIP 19473 is Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County; area codes 484 and 610; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery
Population
17,259
Coordinates
40.2562, -75.4825
☼ Live from 19473 — Schwenksville, PA

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Where 19473 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19473
  • 🔢 Type 19473 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELhGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,473 = 3 × 6491. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110000010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19472 (Sassamansville, PA, 8 mi away) and 19474 (Skippack, PA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19473 becomes 37491, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13479, 13749, 13794, 14739, 17349, 17934, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94137 in San Francisco, CA, 2,496 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,219 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19473 and you would come out at 40.26°S, 104.52°E — 853 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 24.3 square miles of land, 19473 is bigger than 41% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,259This ZIP17,259
Households6,457This ZIP6,457
Housing units6,662This ZIP6,662
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$138,819This ZIP$138,819Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$476,300This ZIP$476,300Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,433This ZIP$1,433Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.1%This ZIP56.1%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density709.8 / sq miThis ZIP709.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments226This ZIP226
Employees1,562This ZIP1,562
Annual payroll$79,708,000This ZIP$79,708,000
Tax returns filed7,840This ZIP7,840
Total adjusted gross income$1,010,959,000This ZIP$1,010,959,000

Land area

Land area24.32 sq miThis ZIP24.32 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Other place names in 19473

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ZIP codes near 19473

ZIPCityDistance
19478 Spring Mount, PA 1.7 mi
19492 Zieglerville, PA 1.9 mi
18958 Salfordville, PA 3.4 mi
18957 Salford, PA 3.7 mi
18979 Woxall, PA 4.2 mi
19468 Royersford, PA 4.3 mi
18074 Perkiomenville, PA 4.5 mi
19474 Skippack, PA 4.6 mi
19438 Harleysville, PA 5.0 mi
18084 Sumneytown, PA 5.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19473?

19473 is in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2562, -75.4825.

What county is 19473 in?

19473 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 19473?

Schwenksville uses area codes 484 and 610, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 19473 in?

19473 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19473?

About 17,259 people live in ZIP code 19473, in 6,457 households, at 709.8 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 19473?

$138,819 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 19473?

The closest are 19478 (1.7 mi), 19492 (1.9 mi), 18958 (3.4 mi), 18957 (3.7 mi) and 18979 (4.2 mi).

Is 19473 a PO Box ZIP code?

19473 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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