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Bellingham, WA ZIP Codes

5 ZIP codes use the postal name Bellingham, Washington (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 3 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $63,941 in 98225 to $90,945 in 98229, 1.4 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Bellingham's most populous ZIP code is 98225, with 50,216 people (ACS 2020-2024); 77% of its land is in the city of Bellingham.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Bellingham's ZIP codes?

98225: $64k median household income98226: $79k median household income98229: $91k median household income98226982299822598225: $64k median household income98226: $79k median household income98229: $91k median household income98226982299822598225: $64k median household income98226: $79k median household income98229: $91k median household income982269822998225
The 3 residential ZIP codes named Bellingham, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Bellingham's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 98229 ($90,945), the lowest in 98225 ($63,941). Home values run from $607,600 in 98226 to $633,500 in 98229.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 3 residential ZIP codes of Bellingham

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Bellingham, WA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
98225 Whatcom County 50,216 3,978 $64k $631k
98226 Whatcom County 46,782 442 $79k $608k
98229 Whatcom County 33,298 664 $91k $634k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Bellingham

2 ZIP codes named Bellingham have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Bellingham, WA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
98227Whatcom County
98228Whatcom County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Bellingham's ZIP codes reach?

Bellingham's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Whatcom County (3 ZIP codes mainly there), Skagit County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Bellingham's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Bellingham's residential ZIP codes cover Bellingham itself and 3 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Geneva census-designated 98229
  • Marietta-Alderwood census-designated 98225
  • Sudden Valley census-designated 98229

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Bellingham's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Bellingham starts with 982.

Three-digit prefixes of Bellingham's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Bellingham's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
982 Seattle, WA (SCF 980) 5 76

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.