Postal Code Boundaries
API Information
Overview
The LightBox Postal Code Boundaries API provides geographic boundaries representing ZIP Code areas across the United States. These boundaries provide a geographic framework for organizing locations by postal code and can support service area planning, territory management, market segmentation, infrastructure planning, and location analysis. Through the API, developers and analysts can search for postal codes, retrieve individual postal code records and boundary geometry, perform spatial queries, and incorporate postal code boundaries into mapping and other geospatial workflows.
Key Capabilities
- ✓Search for postal code areas using type-ahead and autocomplete
- ✓Retrieve postal code records using a unique postal code ID
- ✓Query postal code boundaries using spatial geometry (WKT)
- ✓Return postal code boundary geometry for mapping and spatial analysis
- ✓Retrieve postal code boundaries within a bounding box
- ✓Add postal code boundaries to mapping applications using map tile endpoints
Scope
Boundary Types
- U.S. ZIP Code Areas
Applications
- Service Area Planning
- Territory Management
- Market Segmentation
- Broadband Planning and Analysis
- Utility and Infrastructure Planning
- Mapping and Geospatial Analysis
Additional Information
Postal Code Boundaries Overview
Learn about the key features and use cases of the Postal Code Boundaries API.
Postal Code Boundaries Reference
Explore the technical details of the Postal Code Boundaries API endpoints.
Postal Code Boundaries Release Notes
View the latest updates and changes to the Postal Code Boundaries API.