Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/22303

22303

ZIP 22303 is in Alexandria, Virginia, in Fairfax County; Eastern time. Alexandria has 21 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfax
Population
16,922
Coordinates
38.7940, -77.0818
☼ Live from 22303 — Alexandria, VA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 22303 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 22303
  • 🔢 Type 22303 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOEZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 22303 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011100011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22302 (Alexandria, VA, 2 mi away) and 22304 (Alexandria, VA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22303 becomes 30322 — and that is a real ZIP code: Atlanta, GA, 531 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02332, 03223, 20233, 22033, 23023, 23032, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33022 in Hollywood, FL, 901 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,149 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22303 and you would come out at 38.79°S, 102.92°E — 868 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 27m.
  • 📏 At 1.9 square miles of land, 22303 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.5 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 22303 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population16,922This ZIP16,922
Households8,273This ZIP8,273
Housing units8,920This ZIP8,920
Median age36.5This ZIP36.5Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$103,656This ZIP$103,656Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$552,800This ZIP$552,800Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,080This ZIP$2,080Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher62.3%This ZIP62.3%
Mean commute32.6 minThis ZIP32.6 min
Population density8,804.4 / sq miThis ZIP8,804.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments227This ZIP227
Employees2,944This ZIP2,944
Annual payroll$204,957,000This ZIP$204,957,000
Tax returns filed9,020This ZIP9,020
Total adjusted gross income$803,772,000This ZIP$803,772,000

Land area

Land area1.92 sq miThis ZIP1.92 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 22303

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 22303

ZIPCityDistance
22331 Alexandria, VA 0.8 mi
22332 Alexandria, VA 0.8 mi
22313 Alexandria, VA 1.6 mi
22333 Alexandria, VA 1.6 mi
22334 Alexandria, VA 1.6 mi
22314 Alexandria, VA 1.6 mi
22350 Alexandria, VA 1.8 mi
22320 Alexandria, VA 2.0 mi
22307 Alexandria, VA 2.0 mi
22304 Alexandria, VA 2.1 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 22303 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22303?

22303 is in Alexandria, Virginia, in Fairfax County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.7940, -77.0818.

What county is 22303 in?

22303 lies in Fairfax County.

What time zone is 22303 in?

22303 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 22303?

About 16,922 people live in ZIP code 22303, in 8,273 households, at 8,804.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 22303?

$103,656 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 22303?

The closest are 22331 (0.8 mi), 22332 (0.8 mi), 22313 (1.6 mi), 22333 (1.6 mi) and 22334 (1.6 mi).

Is 22303 a PO Box ZIP code?

22303 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “22303 ZIP Code — Alexandria, Virginia (Fairfax County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/22303

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/22303.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.