17343 ZIP Code
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ZIP code 17343 covers Mc Knightstown, Pennsylvania.
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
- Businesses
- 3
Where 17343 is
Mc Knightstown, 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.
Housing
American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates
| Vacant homes | 71.4% |
|---|
What the homes are
| Detached house |
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Health
CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.
| Colorectal screening | 67.1% 2.8 pts above the national average of 64.3% |
|---|---|
| Visited a dentist | 63.7% 2.4 pts above the national average of 61.3% |
| Mammography use | 76.8% 0.9 pts above the national average of 75.9% |
| Sleeps under 7 hours | 37.2% 0.8 pts above the national average of 36.4% |
| All natural teeth lost | 19.2% 6.2 pts above the national average of 13% |
Business and employment
Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022
| Business establishments | 3 |
|---|---|
| People employed | 7 |
| Annual payroll | $407,000 |
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 65.2% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| FEMA rating | Relatively Moderate |
| Expected annual loss | 53.3 out of 100 |
| Community resilience | 55.2 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.
| Drought | 94.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Landslide | 87.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Wildfire | 84.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Strong wind | 84.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| River flooding | 84.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hurricane | 84.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Winter weather | 80.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Lightning | 68.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Heat wave | 64.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hail | 55.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Tornado | 50.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Earthquake | 48.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Ice storm | 44.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Cold wave | 34.9Relatively 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 | — | $76,081 | $78,538 |
| Income per person | — | $43,104 | $43,289 |
| Poverty rate | — | 11.8% | 12.4% |
| Median home value | — | $240,500 | $303,400 |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,162 | $1,348 |
| Homeownership | — | 69.3% | 65% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | — | 34.5% | 35% |
| Unemployment rate | — | 5.2% | 5.2% |
| Works from home | — | 13.8% | 13.5% |
| Born outside the US | — | 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 | CASHTOWN 1S, PA US2.3 km away |
|---|---|
| Rain in a year | 46 in |
Average high and low by month
| January | 37.3°F / 19.9°F3.46 in rain |
|---|---|
| February | 40.7°F / 20.7°F2.72 in rain |
| March | 49.2°F / 27.5°F3.98 in rain |
| April | 61.6°F / 37.9°F4.1 in rain |
| May | 71.7°F / 48.5°F4.44 in rain |
| June | 80.6°F / 57.9°F3.92 in rain |
| July | 85.1°F / 61.8°F4.06 in rain |
| August | 83.3°F / 59.9°F3.86 in rain |
| September | 76.5°F / 52.7°F4.9 in rain |
| October | 64.7°F / 41.1°F3.98 in rain |
| November | 52.9°F / 31.6°F3.27 in rain |
| December | 42.1°F / 24.9°F3.73 in rain |
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%.
| Gettysburg Area School District | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
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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 | 78more vulnerable than 78% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| Socioeconomic status | 55more vulnerable than 55% of US census tracts |
| Household characteristics | 95more vulnerable than 95% of US census tracts |
| Racial and ethnic minority status | 13more vulnerable than 13% of US census tracts |
| Housing type and transport | 90more vulnerable than 90% of US census tracts |
| Walkability | 4.9 out of 20Least walkable |
Nearby ZIP codes
The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.
| 17310 Cashtown, PA | 3.3 km away |
|---|---|
| 17353 Orrtanna, PA | 4.6 km away |
| 17303 Arendtsville, PA | 6.5 km away |
| 17307 Biglerville, PA | 7.4 km away |
| 17325 Gettysburg, PA | 10 km away |
| 17320 Fairfield, PA | 10.2 km away |
| 17375 Peach Glen, PA | 10.3 km away |
| 17261 South Mountain, PA | 13.8 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.
| Adams County | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard) |
| Daylight saving time | Observed |
| Land area | 0.71 sq mi |
| Latitude, longitude | 39.8692, -77.3292 |
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.