| City: | Carolina, Puerto Rico |
| County: | Carolina County |
| Timezone: | Atlantic (GMT -04:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:44:44 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 787 / 939 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 18.3828, -65.9578 |
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ZIP code 00986 is a dedicated PO Box facility in Carolina, Puerto Rico. It doesn't have its own territory but operates as a point location within the larger 00988 ZIP code. The post office maintains 1,163 PO Boxes and serves 91 local businesses.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Residents in Carolina have access to street delivery through neighboring ZIP codes. The 00986 post office sits on Calle Muñoz Rivera, a street named after Luis Muñoz Rivera, a prominent Puerto Rican statesman and poet.
All mail addressed to this ZIP goes either to PO Boxes or uses the Post Office's street address with unit numbers. The 143 ZIP+4 "street" records are actually PO Box Street Addressing (PBSA) entries, allowing customers to receive packages using the post office's physical address.
Carolina is part of the San Juan metropolitan area, Puerto Rico's largest urban region. The 00986 ZIP serves a concentrated section of this municipality. With zero recorded ZCTA population, this ZIP functions purely as a postal service point rather than a residential area. People who use boxes here likely live in surrounding ZIPs but prefer or need a Carolina mailing address.
The only street is the post office's physical address, used for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 00986 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,905Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 00986 is located in Carolina County, Puerto Rico, within the San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 41980). This Metro area has a population of 2,478,905 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 00986. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PRSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 41980Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 2,478,905Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Juan-Caguas-Arecibo, PR CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | No DistrictsSource: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | San Juan-Bayamon, PR PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 7214290Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Carolina zona urbana; Puerto RicoSource: Census |
ZIP Code 00986 is in the Puerto Rico Department of Education, which serves grades Pre-Kindergarten thru 12th. There are 2 public school(s) in this ZIP Code, and we have located 0 private school(s). It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on March 1, 2026.