| City: | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Names to Avoid: | W Asheville |
| County: | Buncombe County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:04:54 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 828 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.6006, -82.5545 |
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ZIP 28816 serves as a PO Box facility for West Asheville, a neighborhood within the city of Asheville, North Carolina. This ZIP doesn't cover residential territory. Instead, it functions as a mail access point enclosed within the larger ZIP 28806.
The post office maintains 514 PO Boxes and provides business delivery to 334 commercial locations. All mail delivery routes are urban carrier routes serving a single street: Patton Avenue. With 152 ZIP+4 records containing unit designators, this appears to be a multi-unit building that houses both the post office and business tenants.
While West Asheville (W ASHEVILLE) is recognized as an alias for addressing purposes, it's not accepted as a valid mailing name. Mail should be addressed using ASHEVILLE, NC 28816. The facility serves the West Asheville community with both PO Box services and business mail delivery, but residential street delivery in the area is handled by neighboring standard Asheville ZIP codes.
All delivery occurs on Patton Avenue in what appears to be a single multi-unit building.
ZIP Code 28816 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 9 business establishments, employing about 241 people with an annual payroll of $8,669,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 807Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 9Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,104,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $8,669,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 241Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 28816 is located in Buncombe County, North Carolina, within the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 11700) and North Carolina's 11st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 410,817 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 28816. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Asheville, NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 11700Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 410,817Source: Census |
| MSA: | Asheville, NC MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 11Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 6838.24 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3702140Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Asheville city; North CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 28816 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.