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Tower City's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Tower City number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 717 / 223
- Exchanges
- 3NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 3
- Population
- 1,436Census 2024 est.
Area codes in Tower City
With 1,436 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Tower City sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. NANPA lists 3 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 717 has the most (2, 67%). 717 is part of an overlay with 223, so a new local number in Tower City may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Tower City is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 717 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).
Phone carriers in Tower City
3 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Tower City's rate center. Ton80 Communications, LLC has the most, with 1. 3 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ton80 Communications, LLC | 1 | 33% |
| Core Communications, INC. - Pa | 1 | 33% |
| Commonwealth Telephone Company LLC | 1 | 33% |
Carrier names are the operating company (OCN) names on NANPA's utilized central office code file dated 10/01/2026. A carrier holding a code may port numbers to other carriers.
Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Tower City
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Tower City. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2009. 1 of the 3 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 223 | 727 |
| 717 | 523, 647 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Tower City's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Tower City numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 50% |
| 2020s | 1 | 50% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Tower City
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Tower City, those come from the TOWER CITY rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
Keeping an existing Tower City number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 717 when you pick it.
Who does business near Tower City
Tower City is part of the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area, home to 145,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 2,705 business establishments in the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area in 2023, employing 41,596 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (443), other services (except public administration) (405), and health care and social assistance (372).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 98 | 1,294 | 13.2 |
| Physician practices | 95 | — | — |
| Limited-service restaurants | 59 | 630 | 10.7 |
| General automotive repair shops | 55 | 206 | 3.7 |
| Residential remodelers | 44 | 125 | 2.8 |
| Law offices | 42 | 200 | 4.8 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 41 | 267 | 6.5 |
| Child day care services | 39 | 426 | 10.9 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Setting up a Tower City business line
For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.
If you already have a number in Tower City, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.
Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.
Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Pottsville, PA micropolitan area, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $450.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $374.25, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 15 people cost $299.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callata (Callata Office) | $99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user | $299.00 | $3,588.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $285.00 | $3,420.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $345.00 | $4,140.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $374.25 | $4,491.00 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $405.00 | $4,860.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $450.00 | $5,400.00 |
Competitor prices are each vendor's published month-to-month list price per user for its lowest plan that includes business calling and texting, checked September 28, 2026: Quo Starter $19, Nextiva Core $23, Ooma Office Pro $24.95 (Essentials excludes texting; one-time $29.95 activation not included), Dialpad Standard $27, RingCentral RingEX Core $30 ($20 billed annually). Prices exclude taxes and fees and may change; annual contracts lower some competitors' prices.
Frequently asked questions
What area code is Tower City, PA?
Tower City has exchanges in 717 and 223; 717 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Tower City?
3, holding 3 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Tower City business number?
Yes. Porting an existing number to Callata is free. Texting from it starts after carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee.
How much is a business phone line in Tower City?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 15 users come to $299.00 a month. For comparison, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $450.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).