| City: | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Names to Avoid: | General Electric Co |
| County: | Erie County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 1:03:50 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 582 / 814 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 42.1458, -80.0275 |
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General Electric Transportation, now operated by Wabtec Corporation, uses dedicated ZIP code 16531 for its Erie locomotive manufacturing facility. GE Transportation was founded in 1907 and produced its first locomotive in 1912. The Erie plant, located on Lake Street near East Erie, became one of the world's top locomotive production facilities with capacity to produce up to 1,000 locomotives annually at peak operations. At its height in the mid-20th century, the facility employed around 15,000-21,000 workers.
In February 2019, GE sold its transportation division to Wabtec in an $11 billion deal. Despite earlier plans to move all production to Fort Worth, Texas, Wabtec kept the Erie plant open and consolidated work from other facilities. Census County Business Patterns data shows 9 establishments with 3,805 employees within this ZIP code. Wabtec has since doubled the workforce to approximately 1,400, adding biodiesel locomotive and mass transit production. This dedicated postal designation has served the industrial site for over two decades.
| Establishments: | 9 |
| Employment: | 3,805 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 16531 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 10 business establishments, employing about 4,644 people with an annual payroll of $588,604,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 10Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $166,718,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $588,604,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 4,644Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 16531 is located in Erie County, Pennsylvania, within the Erie, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 21500) and Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 269,544 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 16531. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Erie, PASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 21500Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 269,544Source: Census |
| MSA: | Erie, PA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 16Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 997.68 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4224000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Erie city; PennsylvaniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 16531 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.