| City: | Tampa, Florida |
| City Alias: | Macdill AFB |
| County: | Hillsborough County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:31:04 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 656 / 813 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 27.8467, -82.5182 |
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The post office maintains 296 PO Boxes for base personnel, military families, and the 49 businesses operating on or near the installation. These boxes handle mail for everyone stationed at MacDill, from service members living in base housing to offices supporting operations at one of the nation's most strategically important military facilities. MacDill hosts U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, making this small postal footprint serve operations that span multiple continents.
No street delivery routes exist within this ZIP code. All 23 ZIP+4 records correspond to PO Box ranges, not street addresses. Base housing and on-installation facilities receive mail through the box system, which provides consistent service regardless of deployment schedules or personnel rotations. When a service member transfers to MacDill, they get a PO Box. When they deploy or transfer out, the box number gets reassigned.
The base sits on a peninsula jutting into Tampa Bay, surrounded by the standard delivery ZIP code 33621. Civilian neighbors in nearby Southwest Tampa neighborhoods get carrier delivery to their homes. MacDill's military population doesn't. This reflects institutional mail handling needs, not geographic isolation. The dual addressing system means official correspondence flows through the 33608 PO Box system while the base's physical location registers as being within the broader Tampa postal service area.
No street delivery exists in this ZIP code. All mail routing uses PO Box numbers assigned to military personnel and base facilities rather than physical street addresses.
ZIP Code 33608 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 11 business establishments, employing about 437 people with an annual payroll of $40,315,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,308Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 11Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $7,769,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $40,315,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 437Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 33608 is located in Hillsborough County, Florida, within the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 45300) and Florida's 14th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 3,240,469 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 33608, and is subdivided into the Tampa, FL division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 45300Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Tampa, FL (CBSA Div 45294)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 3,240,469Source: Census |
| MSA: | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 14Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 265.4 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1271000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Tampa city; FloridaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 33608 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.