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98605

ZIP 98605 is Bingen, Washington, mostly in Skamania County; area code 509; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Skamania +1 more
Population
1,117
Coordinates
45.7770, -121.6642
☼ Live from 98605 — Bingen, WA

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Where 98605 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98605
  • 🔢 Type 98605 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOgBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,605 = 5 × 13 × 37 × 41. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000100101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98604 (Battle Ground, WA, 41 mi away) and 98606 (Brush Prairie, WA, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98605 becomes 50689, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08695, 09658, 09865, 56089, 56098, 58069, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09658 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,431 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,235 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98605 and you would come out at 45.78°S, 58.34°E — 606 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 40m.
  • 📏 At 39.8 square miles of land, 98605 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,117This ZIP1,117
Households491This ZIP491
Housing units527This ZIP527
Median age46.3This ZIP46.3Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$72,917This ZIP$72,917Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$421,700This ZIP$421,700Washington$564,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,270This ZIP$1,270Washington$1,760US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.7%This ZIP23.7%
Mean commute22.9 minThis ZIP22.9 min
Population density28.0 / sq miThis ZIP28.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments65This ZIP65
Employees1,033This ZIP1,033
Annual payroll$58,410,000This ZIP$58,410,000
Tax returns filed690This ZIP690
Total adjusted gross income$48,340,000This ZIP$48,340,000

Land area

Land area39.84 sq miThis ZIP39.84 sq mi
Water area1.67 sq miThis ZIP1.67 sq mi

Counties 98605 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Skamania County 96.1%
Klickitat County 3.9%

Other place names in 98605

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

ZIP codes near 98605

ZIPCityDistance
98651 Underwood, WA 4.7 mi
98623 Husum, WA 8.4 mi
98672 White Salmon, WA 9.7 mi
97014 Cascade Locks, OR 11.0 mi
97044 Odell, OR 11.1 mi
97031 Hood River, OR 11.9 mi
98650 Trout Lake, WA 13.3 mi
98648 Stevenson, WA 14.4 mi
98610 Carson, WA 17.1 mi
97040 Mosier, OR 17.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98605?

98605 is in Bingen, Washington, in Skamania County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.7770, -121.6642.

What county is 98605 in?

98605 spans 2 counties: Skamania County and Klickitat County. Most of it falls in Skamania 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 98605?

Bingen uses area code 509, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98605 in?

98605 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98605?

About 1,117 people live in ZIP code 98605, in 491 households, at 28.0 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 98605?

$72,917 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98605?

The closest are 98651 (4.7 mi), 98623 (8.4 mi), 98672 (9.7 mi), 97014 (11 mi) and 97044 (11.1 mi).

Is 98605 a PO Box ZIP code?

98605 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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