| City: | Lakewood, Washington |
| City Alias: | Tacoma |
| County: | Pierce County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:17:02 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 253 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 47.1715, -122.5100 |
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ZIP code 98496 serves Lakewood, Washington as a PO Box-only facility. The post office maintains 919 PO Boxes for residents and businesses who prefer centralized mail service, though the area isn't isolated. Most Lakewood addresses receive street delivery through neighboring ZIP codes, particularly 98499, which physically surrounds this postal facility.
The ZIP classification reflects postal operations rather than community needs. With 390 business boxes alongside residential service, the post office handles mail for commercial operations that prefer PO Box addresses. The single street associated with this ZIP, 100TH ST SW, has 140 delivery records with unit-based addresses, suggesting an apartment complex or multi-unit property that uses this facility's mailing address.
The single street designation (100TH ST SW) with 140 unit records suggests a large apartment building or commercial complex using this post office's address system rather than representing actual street delivery routes.
ZIP Code 98496 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 17 business establishments, employing about 160 people with an annual payroll of $7,903,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,228Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 17Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,881,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $7,903,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 160Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 98496 is located in Pierce County, Washington, within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42660) and Washington's 10th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 3,439,809 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 98496, 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: | 10Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 826.67 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Tacoma, WA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | 2006-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5338038Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Lakewood city; WashingtonSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 98496 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.