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19612

ZIP 19612 is in Reading, Pennsylvania, in Berks County; area codes 610, 484 and 835; Eastern time. Reading has 12 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Berks
Metro area
Reading, PA
Coordinates
40.4389, -75.8853

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 19510, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 19612 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19612
  • 🔢 Type 19612 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIgGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,612 = 2 × 2 × 4903. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110010011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19611 (Reading, PA, 8 mi away) and 19701 (Bear, DE, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19612 becomes 21691, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11692, 11962, 12169, 12196, 12916, 12961, …). The farthest-flung twin is 91612 in North Hollywood, CA, 2,352 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,196 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19612 and you would come out at 40.44°S, 104.11°E — 878 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees4,110This ZIP4,110
Annual payroll$268,271,000This ZIP$268,271,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 19612

ZIPCityDistance
19510 Blandon, PA 0.5 mi
19560 Temple, PA 2.4 mi
19522 Fleetwood, PA 3.7 mi
19605 Reading, PA 4.2 mi
19555 Shoemakersville, PA 5.3 mi
19603 Reading, PA 5.4 mi
19564 Virginville, PA 5.5 mi
19604 Reading, PA 5.7 mi
19533 Leesport, PA 5.7 mi
19601 Reading, PA 6.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19612?

19612 is in Reading, Pennsylvania, in Berks County, part of the Reading, PA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.4389, -75.8853.

What county is 19612 in?

19612 lies in Berks County.

What area code is 19612?

Reading uses area codes 610, 484 and 835, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 19612 in?

19612 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 19612?

The closest are 19510 (0.5 mi), 19560 (2.4 mi), 19522 (3.7 mi), 19605 (4.2 mi) and 19555 (5.3 mi).

Is 19612 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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