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98165

ZIP 98165 is in Seattle, Washington, in King County; area code 206; Pacific time. Seattle has 59 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
King
Coordinates
47.7161, -122.3004

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 98125, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98165 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 98165
  • 🔢 Type 98165 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgIBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,165 = 5 × 29 × 677. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111101110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98164 (Seattle, WA, 8 mi away) and 98166 (Seattle, WA, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98165 becomes 56189, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15689, 15698, 16859, 18956, 61859, 85619, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96518 in APO AA, a military post office, 4,369 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,296 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98165 and you would come out at 47.72°S, 57.70°E — 583 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 24m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees26This ZIP26
Annual payroll$2,716,000This ZIP$2,716,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98165

ZIPCityDistance
98175 Seattle, WA 0.0 mi
98125 Seattle, WA 0.1 mi
98115 Seattle, WA 2.2 mi
98133 Seattle, WA 2.6 mi
98155 Seattle, WA 2.6 mi
98103 Seattle, WA 3.3 mi
98028 Kenmore, WA 3.4 mi
98113 Seattle, WA 3.6 mi
98177 Seattle, WA 3.7 mi
98105 Seattle, WA 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98165?

98165 is in Seattle, Washington, in King County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.7161, -122.3004.

What county is 98165 in?

98165 lies in King County.

What area code is 98165?

Seattle uses area code 206, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98165 in?

98165 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98165?

The closest are 98175 (0 mi), 98125 (0.1 mi), 98115 (2.2 mi), 98133 (2.6 mi) and 98155 (2.6 mi).

Is 98165 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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