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98415

ZIP 98415 is in Tacoma, Washington, in Pierce County; area code 253; Pacific time. Tacoma has 35 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Pierce
Coordinates
47.2529, -122.4443

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 98402, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98415 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 98415
  • 🔢 Type 98415 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SIhBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,415 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000001101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98413 (Tacoma, WA, 0 mi away) and 98416 (Tacoma, WA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98415 becomes 51489, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14589, 14859, 14895, 15489, 15849, 15948, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18954 in Richboro, PA, 2,380 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,294 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98415 and you would come out at 47.25°S, 57.56°E — 599 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 98415

ZIPCityDistance
98411 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98412 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98413 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98431 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98464 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98471 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98481 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98493 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98401 Tacoma, WA 0.1 mi
98402 Tacoma, WA 0.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98415?

98415 is in Tacoma, Washington, in Pierce County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.2529, -122.4443.

What county is 98415 in?

98415 lies in Pierce County.

What area code is 98415?

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

What time zone is 98415 in?

98415 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98415?

The closest are 98411 (0 mi), 98412 (0 mi), 98413 (0 mi), 98431 (0 mi) and 98464 (0 mi).

Is 98415 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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