ZIP Code 98496

98496 is one of Washington's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Lakewood, Pierce County.

City: Lakewood
County: Pierce County
State: Washington
Prefix: 984xx

Where this code sits

98496 is part of the 984xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. Lakewood is served by 5 ZIP codes in total; the full list, with the county each falls in, is on the Lakewood page.

Lakewood Washington ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 98496 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

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ZIP codes nearest 98496

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 98496.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 98499	0.3 mi	Lakewood, WA
ZIP code 98497	0.6 mi	Lakewood, WA
ZIP code 98498	1.9 mi	Lakewood, WA
ZIP code 98439	2.6 mi	Lakewood, WA
ZIP code 98444	2.8 mi	Tacoma, WA
ZIP code 98409	2.9 mi	Tacoma, WA
ZIP code 98417	3.0 mi	Tacoma, WA
ZIP code 98419	3.0 mi	Tacoma, WA

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 98496, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 98496. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.