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Philadelphia, PA 19138
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The 19138 ZIP Code is centered1 in Philadelphia County at latitude 40.059 and longitude -75.161 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Philadelphia County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 19138 was 34,477 with 13,369 housing units; a land area land area of 1.74 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 19,803.09 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Melrose Park, PA (1.4 miles E)
Chelten Hills, PA (1.4 miles NNE)
Ivy Hill, PA (1.4 miles NNW)
Germantown, PA (1.4 miles SW)
Mount Airy, PA (1.4 miles WNW)
Wister, PA (1.4 miles S)
Fern Rock, PA (1.4 miles SE)
Carpenter, PA (1.9 miles WSW)
Allen Lane, PA (1.9 miles W)
Saint Martins, PA (1.9 miles WNW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

West Oak Lane, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Pittville, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Somerville, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Mount Pleasant, PA (1.4 miles W)
Morton, PA (1.4 miles SW)
East Oak Lane, PA (1.4 miles ESE)
Lynnwood Gardens, PA (1.4 miles ENE)
East Mount Airy, PA (1.4 miles WNW)
Lamott, PA (1.4 miles ENE)
Lynnewood Gardens, PA (1.4 miles NE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.