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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 finds every ZIP code within 50 miles of any U.S. ZIP code, shows them on a map with their real outlines, and gives you the list to copy or download as a CSV file. Fifty miles is about an hour’s drive and covers about 7,854 square miles, more than the whole state of Connecticut. A 50-mile circle around a big city holds the metro area and the smaller towns around it; in the rural West it may still hold only a few dozen ZIP codes. More than half of all ZIP codes (58.2%) have a 50-mile circle that crosses a state line.
The map above opens on a 50-mile radius around 69361 in Scottsbluff, NE, which takes 25 ZIP codes with about 66,000 people in Nebraska and Wyoming.
From 10 around 59301 in Miles City, MT to 1,108 around 10001 in New York, NY:
| Place | Start | ZIPs | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY 3 states: CT NJ NY | 10001 | 1,108 | 19.9 million |
| Los Angeles, CA | 90012 | 711 | 15.0 million |
| Chicago, IL 4 states: IL IN MI WI | 60601 | 430 | 9.4 million |
| Houston, TX | 77002 | 335 | 7.0 million |
| Phoenix, AZ | 85004 | 208 | 4.7 million |
| Liberal, KS 2 states: KS OK | 67901 | 27 | 69,000 |
| Scottsbluff, NE 2 states: NE WY | 69361 | 25 | 66,000 |
| Miles City, MT | 59301 | 10 | 13,000 |
At 50 miles, rural lists are still short and urban lists run to hundreds. Lists this size usually go into ad or mailing tools that take ZIP codes in bulk, so check how many ZIP codes the tool accepts at once before you paste, and split the list if needed.
Over all 41,063 ZIP codes, the median count within 50 miles is 177; the largest is 1,187, around 08844 in Hillsborough, NJ. 99.9% have another ZIP code within 50 miles, and for 58.2% the 50-mile list spans a state line.
Fifty miles here is a straight line between center points (where each ZIP code’s number or dot sits on the map), not driving distance. Population is from the 2020 Census.
To show how far 50 miles reaches in the rural West: the circle around 69361 holds 25 ZIP codes and about 66,000 people, and it crosses into Wyoming. The same circle around 60601 in Chicago holds 430 ZIP codes in four states. Type your own ZIP code in the search box to see yours.
On rural highways, roughly. In and around big cities it is often longer, and mountains, lakes and bays can make the trip by road much longer than the straight line. The street map on ZipZoomer shows the roads near the edge of the circle when you zoom in.
The app’s default rule, Touching, also takes ZIP codes the circle only partly covers; the table and the map above use Center in.
Yes. Choose Circle, hold SHIFT and drag outward from the spot until the readout shows 50 mi; on a phone, hold Add with one finger and draw with another.
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