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98499

ZIP 98499 is in Lakewood, Washington, in Pierce County; area code 253; Pacific time. Lakewood has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 98439, 98496, 98497 and 98498.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Pierce
Population
32,464
Coordinates
47.1662, -122.5061
☼ Live from 98499 — Lakewood, WA

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Where 98499 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98499
  • 🔢 Type 98499 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGhBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,499 = 3 × 32833. Its digits add up to 39, a total 25 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000011000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98498 (Lakewood, WA, 2 mi away) and 98501 (Olympia, WA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98499 becomes 99489, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (94998). The farthest-flung twin is 94998 in Novato, CA, 625 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 98499 and you would come out at 47.17°S, 57.49°E — 604 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 29m.
  • 📏 At 8.8 square miles of land, 98499 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population32,464This ZIP32,464
Households13,904This ZIP13,904
Housing units14,860This ZIP14,860
Median age36.2This ZIP36.2Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$67,292This ZIP$67,292Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$408,500This ZIP$408,500Washington$564,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,473This ZIP$1,473Washington$1,760US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.5%This ZIP18.5%
Mean commute29.4 minThis ZIP29.4 min
Population density3,670.7 / sq miThis ZIP3,670.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,272This ZIP1,272
Employees17,707This ZIP17,707
Annual payroll$954,920,000This ZIP$954,920,000
Tax returns filed14,060This ZIP14,060
Total adjusted gross income$941,680,000This ZIP$941,680,000

Land area

Land area8.84 sq miThis ZIP8.84 sq mi
Water area0.50 sq miThis ZIP0.50 sq mi

Other place names in 98499

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

ZIP codes near 98499

ZIPCityDistance
98496 Lakewood, WA 0.1 mi
98497 Lakewood, WA 0.7 mi
98438 Mcchord Afb, WA 2.3 mi
98439 Lakewood, WA 2.5 mi
98498 Lakewood, WA 2.5 mi
98444 Tacoma, WA 2.9 mi
98417 Tacoma, WA 3.0 mi
98419 Tacoma, WA 3.0 mi
98448 Tacoma, WA 3.0 mi
98490 Tacoma, WA 3.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98499?

98499 is in Lakewood, Washington, in Pierce County, part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.1662, -122.5061.

What county is 98499 in?

98499 lies in Pierce County.

What area code is 98499?

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

What time zone is 98499 in?

98499 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98499?

About 32,464 people live in ZIP code 98499, in 13,904 households, at 3,670.7 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 98499?

$67,292 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98499?

The closest are 98496 (0.1 mi), 98497 (0.7 mi), 98438 (2.3 mi), 98439 (2.5 mi) and 98498 (2.5 mi).

Is 98499 a PO Box ZIP code?

98499 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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