| City: | Emmaus, Pennsylvania |
| Names to Avoid: | Rodale Press |
| County: | Lehigh County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:36:46 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 484 / 610 / 835 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 40.5396, -75.4972 |
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Rodale Press (later Rodale, Inc.), the pioneering health and wellness publisher, operated under dedicated ZIP code 18098 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1930 by J.I. Rodale, the company relocated from New York City to Emmaus in the 1930s. Rodale launched Organic Farming and Gardening magazine in 1942 and Prevention magazine in 1950, which grew to reach over 3.5 million readers as America's leading health publication. The company remained family-owned until Hearst Communications acquired it in January 2018.
Located near Allentown's Southside area, this designation served Rodale's substantial magazine and book publishing operations. With 12 ZIP+4 codes on file, the mail volume reflected decades of subscriber correspondence. This unique postal designation served Rodale for over two decades. Emmaus is the valid mailing city. Note: Following the 2018 Hearst acquisition, this ZIP may now serve different commercial purposes.
ZIP Code 18098 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: 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 18098 is located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, within the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 10900) and Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 821,173 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 18098. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 10900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 821,173Source: Census |
| MSA: | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 07Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 862.56 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4223584Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Emmaus borough; PennsylvaniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 18098 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. 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 February 1, 2026.