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19501

ZIP 19501 is Adamstown, Pennsylvania, mostly in Lancaster County; area codes 717 and 223; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lancaster +1 more
Metro area
Lancaster, PA
Population
823
Coordinates
40.2445, -76.0647
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Where 19501 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19501
  • 🔢 Type 19501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 19501 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110000101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19496 (Valley Forge, PA, 33 mi away) and 19503 (Bally, PA, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19501 becomes 10591 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tarrytown, NY, 130 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01519, 01915, 01951, 10159, 10519, 10591, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95011 in Campbell, CA, 2,453 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,188 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19501 and you would come out at 40.24°S, 103.94°E — 877 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 0.977 square miles of land, 19501 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 473 football fields.
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People and housing

Population823This ZIP823
Households328This ZIP328
Housing units335This ZIP335
Median age34.5This ZIP34.5Pennsylvania40.9US 38.9
Median household income$110,179This ZIP$110,179Pennsylvania$77,971US $80,734
Median home value$234,200This ZIP$234,200Pennsylvania$254,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,115This ZIP$1,115Pennsylvania$1,209US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.6%This ZIP21.6%
Mean commute19.9 minThis ZIP19.9 min
Population density842.4 / sq miThis ZIP842.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees376This ZIP376
Annual payroll$19,113,000This ZIP$19,113,000

Land area

Land area0.98 sq miThis ZIP0.98 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 19501 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lancaster County 98.0%
Berks County 2.0%

Other place names in 19501

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

ZIP codes near 19501

ZIPCityDistance
17569 Reinholds, PA 2.5 mi
17517 Denver, PA 3.6 mi
17567 Reamstown, PA 3.6 mi
17507 Bowmansville, PA 4.1 mi
19608 Reading, PA 5.1 mi
19540 Mohnton, PA 5.2 mi
17578 Stevens, PA 5.4 mi
17581 Terre Hill, PA 6.2 mi
17549 Martindale, PA 6.3 mi
19609 Reading, PA 6.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19501?

19501 is in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, part of the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2445, -76.0647.

What county is 19501 in?

19501 spans 2 counties: Lancaster County and Berks County. Most of it falls in Lancaster County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 19501?

Adamstown uses area codes 717 and 223, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 19501 in?

19501 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19501?

About 823 people live in ZIP code 19501, in 328 households, at 842.4 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 19501?

$110,179 a year, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania.

What ZIP codes are near 19501?

The closest are 17569 (2.5 mi), 17517 (3.6 mi), 17567 (3.6 mi), 17507 (4.1 mi) and 19608 (5.1 mi).

Is 19501 a PO Box ZIP code?

19501 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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