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Circle is measured from where you first press; Lasso follows your outline. The switch under Add and Remove decides which ZIPs count: Touching (any ZIP the shape touches), Center in (the ZIP's center point is inside) or Fully in (the whole ZIP is inside). For an exact distance, type a ZIP above and press Radius.
To leave out PO Box or single-organization ZIPs (a company, university or government office), or to keep only those, uncheck the others under ZIP types in the list panel.
The dotted grip on each box moves it: click or tap the grip to fold the box away, drag it to put the box somewhere else.
About ZipZoomer: what it does, the data it uses, and answers to common questions.
ZipZoomer shows the ZIP codes around where you are on a map and gives you the list to copy or download. Press Use my location, let your browser share your position, and a circle opens around you with every ZIP code inside it highlighted. Change the distance, add the ZIP codes to your list, and export it.
The same button is on the map above and at the top of the search box’s drop-down whenever the box is empty, on every page of ZipZoomer. It works on phones, tablets and computers.
The location comes from your own browser, the same way a maps or weather site gets it. ZipZoomer uses it inside the page, on your device, to put the center of the circle where you are. It is not stored, not sent to ZipZoomer, and not sent to analytics; analytics record only that the button was used. If you decline, nothing is shared and the map works as before. The privacy page has the details.
Phones with GPS usually place you within a few hundred feet. Computers estimate their position from nearby Wi-Fi networks, or from the internet connection, and can be off by a mile or more; a ZIP code list for a 10-mile radius barely changes, but the circle may not start on your street. If it is off, search your ZIP code instead and press Radius.
If ZipZoomer says location is turned off, the browser has blocked it for this site. On an iPhone, check Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services, and the Safari setting for websites. In Chrome, Edge or Firefox, click the icon at the left of the address bar and allow Location for zipzoomer.app. Then press the button again.
That depends on the job. The radius card starts at 10 miles, which in a city is a short drive and holds dozens of ZIP codes; in the country it may hold only your own. Each distance page has counts for big cities and small towns:
You do not need to share your location to use ZipZoomer. Type your ZIP code, city or county in the search box, press Radius next to a ZIP code, or click ZIP codes on the map one by one. To start a circle from any spot, choose Circle, hold SHIFT and drag outward; on a phone, hold Add with one finger and draw with another.
Press Use my location: you are at the center of the circle, so the ZIP code number under the center dot is yours. On a computer, point at it to see its city and county. ZIP codes follow mail delivery areas, so the answer is close to, but not always the same as, the ZIP code on your mail.
No. Your browser gives the position to the page, which uses it to draw the circle on your device. It is never saved, never sent to ZipZoomer and never sent to analytics.
Your browser or phone is blocking location for this site, or you pressed Don’t Allow earlier. Allow it in the browser’s site settings (the icon left of the address bar) or, on an iPhone, under Location Services, then press the button again.
Within 10 miles, a downtown usually has 70 to 300 ZIP codes around it (306 around 10001 in New York, 81 around 60601 in Chicago, counting by center point), while a rural county seat may have one or two. The radius card shows your count as soon as the circle is drawn.
The map covers the 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. From elsewhere the circle opens where you are but finds no U.S. ZIP codes unless the distance reaches across the border.
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