| City: | Herndon, Virginia |
| County: | Fairfax County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:05:13 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 571 / 703 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 38.9209, -77.3953 |
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The facility supports a substantial business presence. With 343 commercial box holders and only 436 total boxes, nearly 79% of the address records serve businesses rather than residential customers. The ZIP code sits within the larger 20170 ZIP code area, which handles the actual street delivery for Herndon's residential neighborhoods. This arrangement is typical for growing suburban areas in the Washington, DC metro region, where dedicated PO Box facilities help separate high-volume business mail operations from residential carrier routes.
The single street address represents the post office facility itself on Grove Street, with 131 unit designations corresponding to the internal box organization system.
ZIP Code 20172 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 16 people with an annual payroll of $1,351,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 6,321Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $375,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,351,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 16Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 20172 is located in Fairfax County, Virginia, within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47900) and Virginia's 11st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 6,263,796 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 20172, and is subdivided into the Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 47900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV (CBSA Div 11694)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 6,263,796Source: Census |
| MSA: | Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 11Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 185.09 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5136648Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Herndon town; VirginiaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 20172 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 January 1, 2026.