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98304

ZIP 98304 is Ashford, Washington, mostly in Pierce County; area code 360; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Pierce +1 more
Population
770
Coordinates
46.8846, -121.7366
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Where 98304 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98304
  • 🔢 Type 98304 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOEBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,304 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000000000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98303 (Anderson Island, WA, 48 mi away) and 98305 (Beaver, WA, 141 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98304 becomes 40389, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 39 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03849, 03894, 04938, 04983, 08349, 09834, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09834 in FPO AE, a military post office, 7,364 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,255 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98304 and you would come out at 46.88°S, 58.26°E — 576 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 31m.
  • 📏 At 333.5 square miles of land, 98304 is bigger than 95% of ZIP codes — room for about 253 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population770This ZIP770
Households402This ZIP402
Housing units793This ZIP793
Median age54.9This ZIP54.9Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$113,718This ZIP$113,718Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$312,900This ZIP$312,900Washington$564,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher31.2%This ZIP31.2%
Mean commute30.9 minThis ZIP30.9 min
Population density2.3 / sq miThis ZIP2.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees226This ZIP226
Annual payroll$16,180,000This ZIP$16,180,000
Tax returns filed360This ZIP360
Total adjusted gross income$21,013,000This ZIP$21,013,000

Land area

Land area333.50 sq miThis ZIP333.50 sq mi
Water area3.83 sq miThis ZIP3.83 sq mi

Counties 98304 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pierce County 98.4%
Lewis County 1.6%

Other place names in 98304

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

ZIP codes near 98304

ZIPCityDistance
98397 Longmire, WA 10.0 mi
98323 Carbonado, WA 13.5 mi
98355 Mineral, WA 19.0 mi
98022 Enumclaw, WA 19.8 mi
98396 Wilkeson, WA 19.9 mi
98328 Eatonville, WA 20.3 mi
98330 Elbe, WA 21.6 mi
98352 Sumner, WA 21.7 mi
98398 Paradise Inn, WA 21.7 mi
98360 Orting, WA 22.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98304?

98304 is in Ashford, Washington, in Pierce County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.8846, -121.7366.

What county is 98304 in?

98304 spans 2 counties: Pierce County and Lewis County. Most of it falls in Pierce County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 98304?

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

What time zone is 98304 in?

98304 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98304?

About 770 people live in ZIP code 98304, in 402 households, at 2.3 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 98304?

$113,718 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98304?

The closest are 98397 (10 mi), 98323 (13.5 mi), 98355 (19 mi), 98022 (19.8 mi) and 98396 (19.9 mi).

Is 98304 a PO Box ZIP code?

98304 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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