| City: | Seattle, Washington |
| Names to Avoid: | Safeco Plaza |
| County: | King County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:14:34 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 206 / 425 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 47.6064, -122.3308 |
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Safeco Insurance Company operates under dedicated ZIP code 98185 in downtown Seattle, King County. Founded in 1923 as the General Insurance Company of America, the company adopted the SAFECO name in 1953 and became a prominent property and casualty insurer. Safeco moved its headquarters to the 50-story tower at 1001 Fourth Avenue in 2007, renaming the building Safeco Plaza. The company was acquired by Liberty Mutual Insurance in 2008 for $6.2 billion and continues operating as a subsidiary. This postal designation has served Safeco for over two decades.
Located in Seattle's Central Business District, the 630-foot Safeco Plaza was the tallest building in Seattle when completed in 1969. Postal records identify nine delivery codes routing mail to Safeco and Safeco Insurance Company facilities on 4th Avenue. Originally built for Seattle-First National Bank and designed by NBBJ, the bronze-colored aluminum and glass tower was the first modern class-A office building in the city. Seattle is the valid mailing city for this ZIP code.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 98185 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 1 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 1Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: 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 98185 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 98185, 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 98185 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.