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98606

ZIP 98606 is Brush Prairie, Washington, in Clark County; area codes 360 and 564; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Clark
Population
10,233
Coordinates
45.7292, -122.4561
☼ Live from 98606 — Brush Prairie, WA

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Where 98606 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98606
  • 🔢 Type 98606 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOgBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,606 = 2 × 47 × 1049. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000100101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98605 (Bingen, WA, 38 mi away) and 98607 (Camas, WA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98606 becomes 60689 — and that is a real ZIP code: Chicago, IL, 1,743 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06896, 09866, 60689, 60968, 68069, 68960, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09866 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,447 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,272 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98606 and you would come out at 45.73°S, 57.54°E — 641 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 38.0 square miles of land, 98606 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,233This ZIP10,233
Households3,593This ZIP3,593
Housing units3,711This ZIP3,711
Median age46.2This ZIP46.2Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$115,151This ZIP$115,151Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$735,500This ZIP$735,500Washington$564,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,502This ZIP$1,502Washington$1,760US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.9%This ZIP34.9%
Mean commute25.9 minThis ZIP25.9 min
Population density269.4 / sq miThis ZIP269.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments238This ZIP238
Employees1,129This ZIP1,129
Annual payroll$63,629,000This ZIP$63,629,000
Tax returns filed5,060This ZIP5,060
Total adjusted gross income$708,357,000This ZIP$708,357,000

Land area

Land area37.99 sq miThis ZIP37.99 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 98606

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

ZIP codes near 98606

ZIPCityDistance
98682 Vancouver, WA 4.1 mi
98604 Battle Ground, WA 5.9 mi
98662 Vancouver, WA 6.5 mi
98622 Heisson, WA 6.8 mi
98607 Camas, WA 7.0 mi
98684 Vancouver, WA 7.4 mi
98686 Vancouver, WA 8.0 mi
98683 Vancouver, WA 9.1 mi
98664 Vancouver, WA 9.6 mi
98665 Vancouver, WA 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98606?

98606 is in Brush Prairie, Washington, in Clark County, part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.7292, -122.4561.

What county is 98606 in?

98606 lies in Clark County.

What area code is 98606?

Brush Prairie uses area codes 360 and 564, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 98606 in?

98606 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98606?

About 10,233 people live in ZIP code 98606, in 3,593 households, at 269.4 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 98606?

$115,151 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98606?

The closest are 98682 (4.1 mi), 98604 (5.9 mi), 98662 (6.5 mi), 98622 (6.8 mi) and 98607 (7 mi).

Is 98606 a PO Box ZIP code?

98606 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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