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98071

ZIP 98071 is in Auburn, Washington, in King County; area code 253; Pacific time. Auburn has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 98001, 98002 and 98092.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
King
Coordinates
47.3073, -122.2285

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 98002, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98071 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 98071
  • 🔢 Type 98071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,071 = 101 × 971. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111100010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98070 (Vashon, WA, 13 mi away) and 98072 (Woodinville, WA, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98071 becomes 17089 — and that is a real ZIP code: Camp Hill, PA, 2,277 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01879, 07189, 07198, 07981, 09178, 09187, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09817 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,398 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,285 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98071 and you would come out at 47.31°S, 57.77°E — 588 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 28m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees635This ZIP635
Annual payroll$59,314,000This ZIP$59,314,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98071

ZIPCityDistance
98002 Auburn, WA 0.6 mi
98001 Auburn, WA 1.7 mi
98047 Pacific, WA 3.4 mi
98003 Federal Way, WA 4.0 mi
98063 Federal Way, WA 4.1 mi
98030 Kent, WA 4.4 mi
98092 Auburn, WA 5.0 mi
98035 Kent, WA 5.1 mi
98064 Kent, WA 5.1 mi
98093 Federal Way, WA 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98071?

98071 is in Auburn, Washington, in King County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.3073, -122.2285.

What county is 98071 in?

98071 lies in King County.

What area code is 98071?

Auburn uses area code 253, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98071 in?

98071 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98071?

The closest are 98002 (0.6 mi), 98001 (1.7 mi), 98047 (3.4 mi), 98003 (4 mi) and 98063 (4.1 mi).

Is 98071 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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