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98251

ZIP 98251 is Gold Bar, Washington, in Snohomish County; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Snohomish
Population
4,907
Coordinates
47.9115, -121.6064
☼ Live from 98251 — Gold Bar, WA

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Where 98251 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98251
  • 🔢 Type 98251 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISZBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 98251 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111111001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98250 (Friday Harbor, WA, 81 mi away) and 98252 (Granite Falls, WA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98251 becomes 15289 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pittsburgh, PA, 2,100 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12589, 12859, 12958, 12985, 15289, 15829, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28519 in Bridgeton, NC, 2,430 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,269 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98251 and you would come out at 47.91°S, 58.39°E — 548 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 23m.
  • 📏 At 160.7 square miles of land, 98251 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 122 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,907This ZIP4,907
Households1,905This ZIP1,905
Housing units2,340This ZIP2,340
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$83,891This ZIP$83,891Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$448,900This ZIP$448,900Washington$564,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,791This ZIP$1,791Washington$1,760US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.2%This ZIP18.2%
Mean commute48.2 minThis ZIP48.2 min
Population density30.5 / sq miThis ZIP30.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments80This ZIP80
Employees298This ZIP298
Annual payroll$10,471,000This ZIP$10,471,000
Tax returns filed2,320This ZIP2,320
Total adjusted gross income$162,359,000This ZIP$162,359,000

Land area

Land area160.65 sq miThis ZIP160.65 sq mi
Water area2.56 sq miThis ZIP2.56 sq mi

Other place names in 98251

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

ZIP codes near 98251

ZIPCityDistance
98293 Startup, WA 8.0 mi
98294 Sultan, WA 9.0 mi
98256 Index, WA 11.2 mi
98252 Granite Falls, WA 11.5 mi
98224 Baring, WA 12.8 mi
98272 Monroe, WA 13.4 mi
98290 Snohomish, WA 17.5 mi
98014 Carnation, WA 18.3 mi
98019 Duvall, WA 19.4 mi
98291 Snohomish, WA 20.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98251?

98251 is in Gold Bar, Washington, in Snohomish County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.9115, -121.6064.

What county is 98251 in?

98251 lies in Snohomish County.

What time zone is 98251 in?

98251 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98251?

About 4,907 people live in ZIP code 98251, in 1,905 households, at 30.5 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 98251?

$83,891 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98251?

The closest are 98293 (8 mi), 98294 (9 mi), 98256 (11.2 mi), 98252 (11.5 mi) and 98224 (12.8 mi).

Is 98251 a PO Box ZIP code?

98251 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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