| City: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| City Alias: | Phila |
| Names to Avoid: | Veterans Administration |
| County: | Philadelphia County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:44:56 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 215 / 267 / 445 / 484 / 610 / 835 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 39.9525, -75.1645 |
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The Veterans Administration (now the Department of Veterans Affairs, or VA), the federal agency serving America's veterans, operates under dedicated ZIP code 19179 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The VA was established as an independent agency in 1930 and elevated to Cabinet-level department in 1989. The Philadelphia VA Medical Center is a major VA facility in the region.
This is an administrative postal designation for VA mail operations in the area. With no ZIP+4 codes currently on file, the designation may be administrative or have minimal active mail volume. The facility type is listed as non-postal. Census demographic data is not available. Both Philadelphia and Phila are valid mailing cities.
ZIP Code 19179 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 19179 is located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, within the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 37980). This Metro area has a population of 5,965,343 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 19179, and is subdivided into the Philadelphia, PA division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 37980Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Philadelphia, PA (CBSA Div 37964)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 5,965,343Source: Census |
| MSA: | Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | No DistrictsSource: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4260000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Philadelphia city; PennsylvaniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 19179 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.