| City: | Seattle, Washington |
| County: | King County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:14:22 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 206 / 425 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 47.6064, -122.3308 |
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ZIP code 98145 serves a single building on University Way NE in Seattle's University District. This isn't a traditional community ZIP. It's what USPS classifies as a Large Volume Receiver, a designation for facilities that generate enough mail volume to warrant their own ZIP code.
The post office maintains 352 PO Boxes and delivers to 119 business addresses at this location. All 132 street delivery records point to University Way NE with unit designators, confirming a single multi-tenant building. Seven businesses employ 34 people at this address.
This ZIP has no residential population within its boundaries. It exists as a point location within the larger 98105 ZIP code, which covers the University District. Mail addressed to 98145 goes to specific units or PO Boxes at this University Way facility.
Seattle has multiple ZIP codes, and 98145 represents the specialized use case where a single location's mail volume justifies separate postal infrastructure. The classification as a PO Box ZIP reflects its origin as a facility-specific code rather than a geographic territory.
All delivery records point to a single address on University Way NE, indicating a multi-tenant building with individual units.
ZIP Code 98145 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 36 people with an annual payroll of $4,127,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,902Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,057,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $4,127,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 36Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 98145 is located in King County, Washington, within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42660) and Washington's 7th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 3,439,809 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 98145, and is subdivided into the Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 42660Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA (CBSA Div 42644)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 3,439,809Source: Census |
| MSA: | Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 07Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 144.13 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5363000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Seattle city; WashingtonSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 98145 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.