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98837

ZIP 98837 is Moses Lake, Washington, in Grant County; area code 509; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Grant
Metro area
Moses Lake, WA
Population
49,455
Coordinates
47.1470, -119.3159
☼ Live from 98837 — Moses Lake, WA

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Where 98837 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98837
  • 🔢 Type 98837 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEBBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 98837 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000001000010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98836 (Monitor, WA, 57 mi away) and 98840 (Okanogan, WA, 80 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98837 becomes 73889, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (38879, 78389, 78839, 78938, 79838, 97388, …). The farthest-flung twin is 38879 in Verona, MS, 1,820 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 93%.
  • 🎯1,151 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98837 and you would come out at 47.15°S, 60.68°E — 464 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 486.2 square miles of land, 98837 is bigger than 97% of ZIP codes — room for about 369 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population49,455This ZIP49,455
Households18,264This ZIP18,264
Housing units19,260This ZIP19,260
Median age34.4This ZIP34.4Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$74,586This ZIP$74,586Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$315,000This ZIP$315,000Washington$564,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,158This ZIP$1,158Washington$1,760US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.5%This ZIP20.5%
Mean commute19.5 minThis ZIP19.5 min
Population density101.7 / sq miThis ZIP101.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,149This ZIP1,149
Employees14,328This ZIP14,328
Annual payroll$776,969,000This ZIP$776,969,000
Tax returns filed20,380This ZIP20,380
Total adjusted gross income$1,491,306,000This ZIP$1,491,306,000

Land area

Land area486.20 sq miThis ZIP486.20 sq mi
Water area32.63 sq miThis ZIP32.63 sq mi

Other place names in 98837

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ZIP codes near 98837

ZIPCityDistance
98857 Warden, WA 17.5 mi
98832 Marlin, WA 18.6 mi
98851 Soap Lake, WA 19.2 mi
98823 Ephrata, WA 20.0 mi
98853 Stratford, WA 22.1 mi
99344 Othello, WA 23.4 mi
98860 Wilson Creek, WA 23.8 mi
99357 Royal City, WA 24.0 mi
98848 Quincy, WA 24.8 mi
98824 George, WA 26.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98837?

98837 is in Moses Lake, Washington, in Grant County, part of the Moses Lake, WA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.1470, -119.3159.

What county is 98837 in?

98837 lies in Grant County.

What area code is 98837?

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

What time zone is 98837 in?

98837 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98837?

About 49,455 people live in ZIP code 98837, in 18,264 households, at 101.7 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 98837?

$74,586 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98837?

The closest are 98857 (17.5 mi), 98832 (18.6 mi), 98851 (19.2 mi), 98823 (20 mi) and 98853 (22.1 mi).

Is 98837 a PO Box ZIP code?

98837 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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