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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/98417

98417

ZIP 98417 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
47.2061, -122.4822

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 98409, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 98417 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 98417
  • 🔢 Type 98417 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIhBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,417 = 11 × 23 × 389. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000001110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98416 (Tacoma, WA, 4 mi away) and 98418 (Tacoma, WA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98417 becomes 71489, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14879, 14897, 17948, 18947, 18974, 19478, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18974 in Warminster, PA, 2,378 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,295 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98417 and you would come out at 47.21°S, 57.52°E — 602 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 29m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees32This ZIP32
Annual payroll$1,686,000This ZIP$1,686,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 98417

ZIPCityDistance
98419 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98448 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98490 Tacoma, WA 0.0 mi
98409 Tacoma, WA 0.6 mi
98408 Tacoma, WA 1.8 mi
98418 Tacoma, WA 2.1 mi
98405 Tacoma, WA 2.8 mi
98497 Lakewood, WA 2.9 mi
98499 Lakewood, WA 3.0 mi
98496 Lakewood, WA 3.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98417?

98417 is in Tacoma, Washington, in Pierce County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.2061, -122.4822.

What county is 98417 in?

98417 lies in Pierce County.

What area code is 98417?

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

What time zone is 98417 in?

98417 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 98417?

The closest are 98419 (0 mi), 98448 (0 mi), 98490 (0 mi), 98409 (0.6 mi) and 98408 (1.8 mi).

Is 98417 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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