| City: | Tacoma, Washington |
| County: | Pierce County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:16:36 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 253 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 47.2534, -122.4432 |
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The facility sits in Tacoma's New Tacoma and Downtown neighborhoods, where 374 businesses use the PO Box service. A Street handles the limited street-route records tied to this ZIP. This arrangement is common in urban centers where PO Box facilities serve specific functions within a multi-ZIP delivery system.
A single street serves this compact PO Box facility in downtown Tacoma's urban core.
ZIP Code 98401 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 25 business establishments, employing about 640 people with an annual payroll of $133,956,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 741Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 25Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $29,584,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $133,956,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 640Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 98401 is located in Pierce County, Washington, within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42660) and Washington's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 3,439,809 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 98401, and is subdivided into the Tacoma-Lakewood, 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: | Tacoma-Lakewood, WA (CBSA Div 45104)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: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 6902.73 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Tacoma, WA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5370000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Tacoma city; WashingtonSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 98401 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.