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98823

ZIP 98823 is Ephrata, Washington, mostly in Grant County; area code 509; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Grant +1 more
Metro area
Moses Lake, WA
Population
12,188
Coordinates
47.3383, -119.6352
☼ Live from 98823 — Ephrata, WA

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Where 98823 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98823
  • 🔢 Type 98823 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZBBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,823 = 3 × 32941. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000001000000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98822 (Entiat, WA, 64 mi away) and 98824 (George, WA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98823 becomes 32889, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23889, 23898, 28398, 29388, 29838, 38829, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28398 in Warsaw, NC, 2,292 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 93%.
  • 🎯1,170 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98823 and you would come out at 47.34°S, 60.36°E — 473 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 28m.
  • 📏 At 298.2 square miles of land, 98823 is bigger than 95% of ZIP codes — room for about 226 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,188This ZIP12,188
Households4,379This ZIP4,379
Housing units4,683This ZIP4,683
Median age32.0This ZIP32.0Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$73,074This ZIP$73,074Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$267,300This ZIP$267,300Washington$564,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,088This ZIP$1,088Washington$1,760US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.2%This ZIP19.2%
Mean commute21.0 minThis ZIP21.0 min
Population density40.9 / sq miThis ZIP40.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments264This ZIP264
Employees2,310This ZIP2,310
Annual payroll$96,853,000This ZIP$96,853,000
Tax returns filed5,630This ZIP5,630
Total adjusted gross income$400,481,000This ZIP$400,481,000

Land area

Land area298.23 sq miThis ZIP298.23 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 98823 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Grant County 73.3%
Douglas County 26.7%

Other place names in 98823

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

ZIP codes near 98823

ZIPCityDistance
98851 Soap Lake, WA 10.8 mi
98848 Quincy, WA 15.2 mi
98845 Palisades, WA 15.7 mi
98853 Stratford, WA 18.7 mi
98850 Rock Island, WA 19.4 mi
98837 Moses Lake, WA 20.0 mi
98824 George, WA 21.6 mi
98828 Malaga, WA 25.5 mi
98860 Wilson Creek, WA 25.8 mi
99115 Coulee City, WA 26.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98823?

98823 is in Ephrata, Washington, in Grant County, part of the Moses Lake, WA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.3383, -119.6352.

What county is 98823 in?

98823 spans 2 counties: Grant County and Douglas County. Most of it falls in Grant 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 98823?

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

What time zone is 98823 in?

98823 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98823?

About 12,188 people live in ZIP code 98823, in 4,379 households, at 40.9 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 98823?

$73,074 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98823?

The closest are 98851 (10.8 mi), 98848 (15.2 mi), 98845 (15.7 mi), 98853 (18.7 mi) and 98850 (19.4 mi).

Is 98823 a PO Box ZIP code?

98823 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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