| City: | Parcel Return Service, District of Columbia |
| City Alias: | Prs |
| Names to Avoid: | Parcel Return Svc |
| County: | District Of Columbia County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00)%> |
| Local Time: | 11:20:45 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | -- |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 38.8951, -77.0366 |
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Created in December 2009, ZIP code 56945 serves the USPS Parcel Return Services program. PRS provides retailers with a cost-effective mechanism for handling product returns by shifting the logistics burden to the Postal Service and its consolidator partners. When customers need to return merchandise, they attach a prepaid label and can use any convenient postal drop point. The packages flow through USPS sorting facilities to designated retrieval locations.
This virtual code has no connection to physical addresses or delivery routes. It exists as an identifier within the PRS routing system, one of dozens of such codes the Postal Service maintains for this program. In fiscal year 2022, PRS processed over 70 million packages worth nearly $242 million in revenue. Either Parcel Return Service or PRS works as the city name on package labels.
ZIP Code 56945 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 56945 is located in District Of Columbia County, District of Columbia, within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47900) and District of Columbia's 98th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 6,263,796 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 56945, and is subdivided into the Washington, DC-MD division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 47900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Washington, DC-MD (CBSA Div 47764)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 6,263,796Source: Census |
| MSA: | Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 98Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 61.40 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | 2009-12Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 56945 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.