| City: | Lake Placid, Florida |
| County: | Highlands County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:36:21 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 863 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 27.3154, -81.3766 |
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Lake Placid, Florida has two ZIP codes, and 33862 is the PO Box-only one. It doesn't cover any geographic territory. Instead, it exists solely for the 581 PO Boxes at the local post office on Hillcrest Avenue. The main Lake Placid ZIP, 33852, handles street delivery throughout the town.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone, which means Lake Placid residents can receive mail at their street addresses through ZIP 33852. The 33862 ZIP exists as a separate postal designation for box holders who prefer or need a PO Box address. With 244 businesses registered to this ZIP, many local companies use PO Boxes for their mail.
The post office offers PO Box Street Addressing, letting customers use "Hillcrest Ave" with a unit number instead of "PO Box." All 135 street-style records in the ZIP+4 database point to this single address. It's a convenience feature that gives PO Box users a street-style address for deliveries that won't go to a PO Box.
Lake Placid sits in Highlands County in south-central Florida. The town is known for its murals and lakes, part of Florida's rural interior rather than its coastal resort areas. For anyone mailing to this community, use 33852 for street addresses and 33862 for PO Boxes.
The only street is Hillcrest Avenue, which is the post office location used for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 33862 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 10 business establishments, employing about 81 people with an annual payroll of $3,620,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 3,774Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 10Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $906,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,620,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 81Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 33862 is located in Highlands County, Florida, within the Sebring, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42700) and Florida's 18th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 103,808 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 33862. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Sebring, FLSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 42700Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 103,808Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 18Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1512.55 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1238625Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Lake Placid town; FloridaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 33862 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.