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98252

ZIP 98252 is Granite Falls, Washington, in Snohomish County; area code 360; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Snohomish
Population
10,361
Coordinates
48.0618, -121.7145
☼ Live from 98252 — Granite Falls, WA

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Where 98252 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98252
  • 🔢 Type 98252 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSZBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,252 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 11 × 11 × 29. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111111111001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98251 (Gold Bar, WA, 12 mi away) and 98253 (Greenbank, WA, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98252 becomes 25289, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22958, 25928, 28529, 29528, 29582, 58229, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28529 in Grantsboro, NC, 2,443 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,277 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98252 and you would come out at 48.06°S, 58.29°E — 551 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 21m.
  • 📏 At 238.7 square miles of land, 98252 is bigger than 93% of ZIP codes — room for about 181 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,361This ZIP10,361
Households3,838This ZIP3,838
Housing units4,193This ZIP4,193
Median age40.3This ZIP40.3Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$98,370This ZIP$98,370Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$520,700This ZIP$520,700Washington$564,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,618This ZIP$1,618Washington$1,760US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.3%This ZIP25.3%
Mean commute36.2 minThis ZIP36.2 min
Population density43.4 / sq miThis ZIP43.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments179This ZIP179
Employees1,301This ZIP1,301
Annual payroll$71,302,000This ZIP$71,302,000
Tax returns filed5,160This ZIP5,160
Total adjusted gross income$441,425,000This ZIP$441,425,000

Land area

Land area238.67 sq miThis ZIP238.67 sq mi
Water area1.89 sq miThis ZIP1.89 sq mi

Other place names in 98252

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ZIP codes near 98252

ZIPCityDistance
98251 Gold Bar, WA 11.5 mi
98293 Startup, WA 13.5 mi
98290 Snohomish, WA 14.2 mi
98223 Arlington, WA 15.4 mi
98294 Sultan, WA 15.6 mi
98272 Monroe, WA 16.2 mi
98258 Lake Stevens, WA 17.1 mi
98291 Snohomish, WA 18.8 mi
98270 Marysville, WA 20.0 mi
98256 Index, WA 21.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98252?

98252 is in Granite Falls, Washington, in Snohomish County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 48.0618, -121.7145.

What county is 98252 in?

98252 lies in Snohomish County.

What area code is 98252?

Granite Falls uses area code 360, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98252 in?

98252 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98252?

About 10,361 people live in ZIP code 98252, in 3,838 households, at 43.4 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 98252?

$98,370 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98252?

The closest are 98251 (11.5 mi), 98293 (13.5 mi), 98290 (14.2 mi), 98223 (15.4 mi) and 98294 (15.6 mi).

Is 98252 a PO Box ZIP code?

98252 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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