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Philadelphia, PA 19142
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The 19142 ZIP Code is centered1 in Philadelphia County at latitude 39.924 and longitude -75.233 (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) 19142 was 29,063 with 11,216 housing units; a land area land area of 1.71 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 16,985.66 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Elmwood, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Angora, PA (1.4 miles N)
Colwyn, PA (1.4 miles SW)
Darby, PA (1.4 miles WSW)
Fernwood, PA (1.4 miles NW)
Cardington, PA (1.4 miles NNW)
Yeadon, PA (1.4 miles NW)
East Lansdowne, PA (1.9 miles NW)
Lansdowne, PA (2.4 miles WNW)
Collingdale, PA (2.4 miles WSW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Kingsessing, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Paschall, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Bartram Village, PA (1.4 miles ENE)
Tasker Homes, PA (1.9 miles ENE)
Boon, PA (1.9 miles WSW)
Academy, PA (1.9 miles SW)
Cobbs Creek, PA (1.9 miles NNW)
Southwest Schuylkill, PA (1.9 miles NE)
Spruce Hill, PA (1.9 miles NNE)
Cedar Park, PA (1.9 miles N)

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.