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33498

ZIP 33498 is in Boca Raton, Florida, in Palm Beach County; area codes 561 and 728; Eastern time. Boca Raton has 16 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Palm Beach
Population
16,853
Coordinates
26.3953, -80.2198
☼ Live from 33498 — Boca Raton, FL

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Where 33498 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33498
  • 🔢 Type 33498 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGhEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,498 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 1861. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000001011011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33497 (Boca Raton, FL, 9 mi away) and 33499 (Boca Raton, FL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33498 becomes 89433 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sun Valley, NV, 2,443 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33849, 33948, 34983, 38943, 39348, 39483, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98343 in Joyce, WA, 2,773 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,406 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33498 and you would come out at 26.40°S, 99.78°E — 1,002 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 29m.
  • 📏 At 10.0 square miles of land, 33498 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,853This ZIP16,853
Households5,468This ZIP5,468
Housing units5,780This ZIP5,780
Median age45.2This ZIP45.2Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$146,765This ZIP$146,765Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$656,700This ZIP$656,700Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,500+This ZIP$3,500+Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.6%This ZIP57.6%
Mean commute28.4 minThis ZIP28.4 min
Population density1,684.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,684.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments577This ZIP577
Employees2,464This ZIP2,464
Annual payroll$106,403,000This ZIP$106,403,000
Tax returns filed7,340This ZIP7,340
Total adjusted gross income$1,149,505,000This ZIP$1,149,505,000

Land area

Land area10.01 sq miThis ZIP10.01 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 33498

ZIPCityDistance
33428 Boca Raton, FL 3.1 mi
33434 Boca Raton, FL 3.3 mi
33496 Boca Raton, FL 3.5 mi
33446 Delray Beach, FL 4.8 mi
33433 Boca Raton, FL 5.0 mi
33076 Pompano Beach, FL 6.2 mi
33067 Pompano Beach, FL 6.2 mi
33484 Delray Beach, FL 6.7 mi
33427 Boca Raton, FL 7.1 mi
33073 Pompano Beach, FL 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33498?

33498 is in Boca Raton, Florida, in Palm Beach County, part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.3953, -80.2198.

What county is 33498 in?

33498 lies in Palm Beach County.

What area code is 33498?

Boca Raton uses area codes 561 and 728, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 33498 in?

33498 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33498?

About 16,853 people live in ZIP code 33498, in 5,468 households, at 1,684.0 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 33498?

$146,765 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33498?

The closest are 33428 (3.1 mi), 33434 (3.3 mi), 33496 (3.5 mi), 33446 (4.8 mi) and 33433 (5 mi).

Is 33498 a PO Box ZIP code?

33498 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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