17246 ZIP Code — Pleasant Hall, PA

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ZIP code 17246 covers Pleasant Hall, Pennsylvania, with a population of about 598 and a median household income of $72,331.

Population: 598274 per square mile
Median household income: $72,331about the Pennsylvania median
Poverty rate: 7.4%5 points below the US average
Degree or higher: 0.9%34.1 points below the US average
Homeownership: 100%35 points above the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 3

Where 17246 is

Pleasant Hall, Pennsylvania — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population	598
Family households	87.1%
Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	0%
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0.2%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	0%
Veterans	9.6%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$72,331
Income per person	$19,851
Poverty rate	7.4%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	2.7%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	2.7%
$10–15k	0.0%
$15–20k	0.0%
$20–25k	2.7%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	0.0%
$35–40k	7.5%
$40–45k	0.0%
$45–50k	7.5%
$50–60k	0.0%
$60–75k	34.4%
$75–100k	36.0%
$100–125k	3.2%
$125–150k	5.9%
$150–200k	0.0%
$200k or more	0.0%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Owner-occupied	100%
Vacant homes	8.4%
Median year built	1938

What the homes are

Detached house	77.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%
Mobile home	13.8%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.9%
High school diploma or higher	80.1%
Works from home	0%
Drives to work alone	56.2%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	12.4%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Colorectal screening	63.4% 0.9 pts below the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist	62% 0.7 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use	70.1% 5.8 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours	38% 1.6 pts above the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost	15.6% 2.6 pts above the national average of 13%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	3
People employed	9
Annual payroll	$404,000

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 49.6% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively Low
Expected annual loss	49.1 out of 100
Community resilience	51.4 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Landslide	93.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	85.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	79.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	75.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	74.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	72.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	63.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	47.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	45.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	43.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	39.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche	36.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	26.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	18.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with Pennsylvania and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Pennsylvania	United States
Median household income	$72,331	$76,081	$78,538
Income per person	$19,851	$43,104	$43,289
Poverty rate	7.4%	11.8%	12.4%
Median home value	—	$240,500	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,162	$1,348
Homeownership	100%	69.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.9%	34.5%	35%
Unemployment rate	0%	5.2%	5.2%
Works from home	0%	13.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	7.4%	13.9%
Median age	—	40.9	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	SHIPPENSBURG, PA US11.3 km away
Rain in a year	42 in
Snow in a year	34 in

Average high and low by month

January	38.3°F / 22.1°F3.17 in rain, 9.8 in snow
February	42°F / 23.8°F2.66 in rain, 10.3 in snow
March	51.4°F / 30.7°F3.7 in rain, 6.7 in snow
April	64.2°F / 40.8°F3.64 in rain, 0.4 in snow
May	74.2°F / 50.7°F4.01 in rain
June	82.9°F / 59.6°F4 in rain
July	87.4°F / 64°F3.98 in rain
August	85.3°F / 62.1°F3.34 in rain
September	77.7°F / 54.7°F4.32 in rain
October	65.8°F / 43.7°F3.33 in rain, 0.2 in snow
November	53.4°F / 34°F2.98 in rain, 0.8 in snow
December	42.3°F / 26.6°F3.36 in rain, 5.4 in snow

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Chambersburg Area School District	100% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	47more vulnerable than 47% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	64more vulnerable than 64% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	37more vulnerable than 37% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	2more vulnerable than 2% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	46more vulnerable than 46% of US census tracts
Walkability	4.2 out of 20Least walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

17244 Orrstown, PA	2.5 km away
17232 Lurgan, PA	5.9 km away
17251 Roxbury, PA	6.4 km away
17265 Upperstrasburg, PA	7.1 km away
17254 Scotland, PA	11 km away
17257 Shippensburg, PA	11.4 km away
17240 Newburg, PA	11.6 km away
17210 Amberson, PA	13.2 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Franklin County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	2.18 sq mi
Water area	0.02 sq mi
Population density	274 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	40.0531, -77.6539

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.