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98046

ZIP 98046 is in Lynnwood, Washington, in Snohomish County; Pacific time. Lynnwood has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 98036, 98037 and 98087.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Snohomish
Coordinates
47.8209, -122.3151

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 98036, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98046 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98046
  • 🔢 Type 98046 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghOBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,046 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 13 × 419. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111011111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98045 (North Bend, WA, 38 mi away) and 98047 (Pacific, WA, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98046 becomes 64089 — and that is a real ZIP code: Smithville, MO, 1,495 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04986, 06489, 06498, 09468, 09648, 09846, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09648 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,381 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,299 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98046 and you would come out at 47.82°S, 57.68°E — 582 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 24m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees35This ZIP35
Annual payroll$2,315,000This ZIP$2,315,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98046

ZIPCityDistance
98026 Edmonds, WA 1.4 mi
98036 Lynnwood, WA 1.8 mi
98037 Lynnwood, WA 1.9 mi
98043 Mountlake Terrace, WA 1.9 mi
98206 Everett, WA 3.0 mi
98020 Edmonds, WA 3.1 mi
98087 Lynnwood, WA 3.5 mi
98155 Seattle, WA 4.6 mi
98021 Bothell, WA 5.3 mi
98012 Bothell, WA 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98046?

98046 is in Lynnwood, Washington, in Snohomish County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.8209, -122.3151.

What county is 98046 in?

98046 lies in Snohomish County.

What time zone is 98046 in?

98046 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98046?

The closest are 98026 (1.4 mi), 98036 (1.8 mi), 98037 (1.9 mi), 98043 (1.9 mi) and 98206 (3 mi).

Is 98046 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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