| City: | Palatka, Florida |
| County: | Putnam County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:27:05 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 386 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 29.6484, -81.6378 |
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ZIP code 32178 serves as Palatka's post office facility location, providing PO Box services and business mail delivery but no residential population. This ZIP doesn't cover a residential area. Instead, it's a point location at the main post office on Saint Johns Avenue in Palatka, Florida.
The facility maintains 482 PO Boxes and serves 238 business delivery points. All 149 street delivery records point to a single address: Saint Johns Ave, with multiple units at that location. This pattern indicates the post office building itself or an adjacent commercial facility, not a residential neighborhood.
Palatka residents receive street delivery through ZIP code 32177, the standard classification sibling that covers the city's residential areas. ZIP 32178 exists purely for PO Box services and business mail at the post office location. With 21 business establishments employing 205 workers using this ZIP, it functions as a commercial mail hub.
This arrangement is typical for Florida cities where the main post office facility gets its own PO Box ZIP code while residential carrier delivery operates under separate ZIP codes. Anyone mailing to a Palatka PO Box uses 32178. Street addresses in Palatka use 32177.
Only one street address exists: Saint Johns Ave with multiple unit designators, representing the post office facility itself.
ZIP Code 32178 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 19 business establishments, employing about 189 people with an annual payroll of $5,822,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,169Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 19Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,244,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $5,822,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 189Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 32178 is located in Putnam County, Florida, within the Palatka, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 37260) and Florida's 6th Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 74,364 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 32178. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Palatka, FLSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 37260Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 74,364Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2506.92 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1253875Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Palatka city; FloridaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 32178 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.