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98951

ZIP 98951 is Wapato, Washington, in Yakima County; area code 509; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Yakima
Metro area
Yakima, WA
Population
12,581
Coordinates
46.4560, -120.5136
☼ Live from 98951 — Wapato, WA

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Where 98951 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 98951
  • 🔢 Type 98951 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISGBG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 98,951 = 53 × 1867. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000001010000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 98950 (Vantage, WA, 36 mi away) and 98952 (White Swan, WA, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 98951 becomes 15989, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (19895, 19958, 59918, 89159, 89195, 89519, …). The farthest-flung twin is 19958 in Lewes, DE, 2,334 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 94%.
  • 🎯1,192 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 98951 and you would come out at 46.46°S, 59.49°E — 535 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 35m.
  • 📏 At 149.0 square miles of land, 98951 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 113 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,581This ZIP12,581
Households3,546This ZIP3,546
Housing units3,737This ZIP3,737
Median age30.4This ZIP30.4Washington38.3US 38.9
Median household income$63,356This ZIP$63,356Washington$98,141US $80,734
Median home value$230,400This ZIP$230,400Washington$564,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$899This ZIP$899Washington$1,760US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.6%This ZIP11.6%
Mean commute22.9 minThis ZIP22.9 min
Population density84.4 / sq miThis ZIP84.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments133This ZIP133
Employees2,157This ZIP2,157
Annual payroll$111,479,000This ZIP$111,479,000
Tax returns filed5,600This ZIP5,600
Total adjusted gross income$252,145,000This ZIP$252,145,000

Land area

Land area149.04 sq miThis ZIP149.04 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Other place names in 98951

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

ZIP codes near 98951

ZIPCityDistance
98939 Parker, WA 3.7 mi
98920 Brownstown, WA 5.7 mi
98933 Harrah, WA 7.0 mi
98921 Buena, WA 9.5 mi
98902 Yakima, WA 9.9 mi
98909 Yakima, WA 10.1 mi
98904 Yakima, WA 11.4 mi
98907 Yakima, WA 12.3 mi
98953 Zillah, WA 13.4 mi
98952 White Swan, WA 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 98951?

98951 is in Wapato, Washington, in Yakima County, part of the Yakima, WA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.4560, -120.5136.

What county is 98951 in?

98951 lies in Yakima County.

What area code is 98951?

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

What time zone is 98951 in?

98951 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 98951?

About 12,581 people live in ZIP code 98951, in 3,546 households, at 84.4 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 98951?

$63,356 a year, against $98,141 across Washington.

What ZIP codes are near 98951?

The closest are 98939 (3.7 mi), 98920 (5.7 mi), 98933 (7 mi), 98921 (9.5 mi) and 98902 (9.9 mi).

Is 98951 a PO Box ZIP code?

98951 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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