| City: | Fort Pierce, Florida |
| County: | Saint Lucie County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:43:57 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 772 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 27.4464, -80.3259 |
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ZIP Code 34979 serves as a business mail facility for Fort Pierce, Florida. Located at W Midway Road in Saint Lucie County, this facility processes mail for 288 businesses through 407 PO Boxes. The ZIP has no residential population and functions as a point location within the larger ZIP 34981.
All 252 street delivery records share a single address on W Midway Road, with individual units designated by number. This pattern is typical of a commercial mail center or business park where multiple companies share a single physical location. The facility provides city carrier delivery through one route alongside traditional PO Box service.
The post office maintains both PO Box rental and street-style addressing using the building's physical location. Businesses can receive mail addressed to W Midway Road with a unit number or to a PO Box. This isn't a PO Box Only Zone, as street delivery is available throughout the greater Fort Pierce area via neighboring ZIP codes including 34950, 34951, and 34981.
Fort Pierce proper has multiple ZIP codes serving different functions. While 34979 handles concentrated business mail, surrounding ZIPs provide residential and general commercial delivery. The facility sits near White City, a municipality just half a mile away, and serves businesses from the broader Port St. Lucie metro area.
Single commercial address with 252 unit designations for business tenants.
ZIP Code 34979 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 7 business establishments, employing about 6 people with an annual payroll of $139,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,188Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 7Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $40,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $139,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 6Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 34979 is located in Saint Lucie County, Florida, within the Port St. Lucie, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 38940) and Florida's 21st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 424,107 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 34979. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Port St. Lucie, FLSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 38940Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 424,107Source: Census |
| MSA: | Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 21Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 260.97 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1224300Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Fort Pierce city; FloridaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 34979 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.