ZIP code · Shippensburg · Pennsylvania · United States
ZIP code 17257 — Shippensburg
ZIP code 17257 serves Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
- Postal code
- 17257Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Shippensburg
- County
- Cumberland FIPS 42041
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 40.0514, -77.5195 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 29,116 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 253 / sq mi
- Land area
- 115.2 sq mi (298.3 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $71,504
- Per-capita income
- $34,896
- Median age
- 34
- Households
- 10,665
- Housing units
- 11,528
- Median home value
- $219,200
- Median gross rent
- $1,058 / month
- Congressional districts
- PA-13 (also PA-10) (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7a (0 to 5 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
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Map of ZIP code 17257
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 87°F), coldest Jan (avg low 22°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 38 | 42 | 51 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 66 | 53 | 42 |
| Avg low °F | 22 | 24 | 31 | 41 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 34 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: SHIPPENSBURG (0.6 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 17257
- 28 schools
- 6 colleges & universities
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 2 doctors & dentists
- 1 pharmacies
- 4 supermarkets
- 26 restaurants & cafés
- 11 parks
- 6 playgrounds
- 4 gyms & sports centres
- 2 libraries
- 2 post offices
- 17 places of worship
- 4 banks
- 7 gas stations
- 5 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page