| City: | Winter Haven, Florida |
| Names to Avoid: | Winter Hvn |
| County: | Polk County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:36:51 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 863 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 28.0218, -81.7332 |
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ZIP code 33883 serves downtown Winter Haven, Florida. This isn't a standalone community. It's a post office location within the larger Winter Haven area. The ZIP has no geographic territory of its own and sits inside ZIP code 33880, which handles the surrounding residential streets.
The downtown post office maintains 356 PO Boxes and serves 212 business delivery points. All street-addressed mail for this ZIP goes to a single location: W Central Avenue. The 105 ZIP+4 records there use unit designators, indicating a commercial building with multiple business suites. This pattern is typical for downtown post offices that anchor a city's commercial core.
Winter Haven sits in Polk County, part of the Lakeland metropolitan area in central Florida. The downtown district where this ZIP operates includes neighborhoods like Downtown Winter Haven, Winter Haven Heights, East College, and Haven Terrace. Residents and businesses in these areas can choose between PO Box service at 33883 or street delivery through the neighboring standard ZIP codes.
Because this isn't a PO Box Only Zone, nobody is required to use a PO Box here. The 356 boxes serve downtown businesses, professionals who want a dedicated mailing address, and residents who prefer the privacy or convenience of picking up mail at the post office. Street delivery remains available throughout Winter Haven via ZIP codes like 33880.
Single street address with unit designators points to the post office building on Winter Haven's main downtown avenue.
ZIP Code 33883 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 9 business establishments, employing about 38 people with an annual payroll of $1,840,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 532Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 9Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $467,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $1,840,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 38Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 33883 is located in Polk County, Florida, within the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 29460) and Florida's 18th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 760,961 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 33883. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FLSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 29460Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 760,961Source: Census |
| MSA: | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSASource: 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: | 1278275Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Winter Haven city; FloridaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 33883 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.