| City: | Tampa, Florida |
| City Alias: | Carrollwood |
| County: | Hillsborough County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:37:51 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 656 / 813 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 28.0054, -82.4877 |
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ZIP code 33688 serves the Carrollwood area of Tampa, Florida, as a commercial postal facility. Unlike typical residential ZIP codes, 33688 has zero population and operates exclusively as a business mail processing point. The facility sits on N Dale Mabry Highway, a major commercial corridor in northwest Hillsborough County.
This ZIP maintains 639 PO Boxes and handles delivery for 554 business addresses. All 173 street delivery records point to a single location on N Dale Mabry Hwy with UNIT designators, confirming this is a centralized commercial facility rather than a traditional neighborhood. The 16 business establishments here employ 57 workers, likely in mail-related operations and businesses using the facility for their mailing address.
Carrollwood, the community this ZIP serves, is a planned suburban area northwest of Tampa. Established in the 1960s, Carrollwood grew rapidly as a master-planned community and now includes several neighborhood phases. The post office facility at 33688 provides PO Box services for Carrollwood residents and businesses who prefer centralized mail pickup or require a separate business mailing address.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Street delivery is available throughout the surrounding area via neighboring ZIP codes, particularly 33618, which geographically contains this facility. The classification as a PO Box ZIP reflects the facility's specialized function as a mail processing and PO Box center, not the delivery options available to Carrollwood residents.
All addresses point to N Dale Mabry Highway, a major commercial artery in northwest Tampa.
ZIP Code 33688 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 15 business establishments, employing about 48 people with an annual payroll of $1,930,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,169Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 15Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $425,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,930,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 48Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 33688 is located in Hillsborough County, Florida, within the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 45300) and Florida's 15th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,783,243 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 33688, 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: | 2,783,243Source: Census |
| MSA: | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 15Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 818.51 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 33688 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.