| City: | Bellingham, Washington |
| County: | Whatcom County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:14:50 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 360 / 564 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 48.6287, -122.4908 |
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ZIP 98228 isn't a neighborhood or community. It's a dedicated PO Box ZIP assigned to a post office facility in Bellingham, Washington. The ZIP has no residential population of its own because it exists purely as a postal designation for box holders and business mail.
This post office maintains 972 PO Boxes and serves 496 business delivery points. Most Bellingham residents receive mail through ZIP 98226 or other standard ZIPs in the city, but businesses and individuals who prefer a PO Box use 98228.
The single street address on record, Orleans Street, is the post office's physical location used for PO Box Street Addressing. Customers can receive packages addressed to a street-style format instead of "PO Box."
Bellingham is a city of around 90,000 people near the Canadian border, home to Western Washington University and a major Amtrak station. Since 98228 doesn't have its own territory, it exists as a point within ZIP 98226. There's no "PO Box Only" requirement here. Residents have plenty of mail delivery options, but many choose PO Boxes for privacy, security, or business purposes.
Single street represents the post office location for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 98228 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 19 business establishments, employing about 112 people with an annual payroll of $6,171,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,420Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 19Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,474,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $6,171,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 112Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 98228 is located in Whatcom County, Washington, within the Bellingham, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 13380) and Washington's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 201,140 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 98228. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Bellingham, WASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 13380Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 201,140Source: Census |
| MSA: | Bellingham, WA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1015.02 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5305280Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Bellingham city; WashingtonSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 98228 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.