Seattle Washington ZIP Codes

Seattle holds 59 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Seattle codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Seattle. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

Every Seattle ZIP code begins 981. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of Washington. Statewide that range covers 60 ZIP codes, so Seattle accounts for 98% of it.

Every Washington ZIP prefix and the region it covers →

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The codes below serve the same ground Seattle occupies.

• 206 Area code 206
• 253 Area code 253
• 360 Area code 360
• 425 Area code 425
• 564 Area code 564

Seattle Washington area codes in full →

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.