The humble ZIP Code shows up in all kinds of surprising places. Planet Money looks at how it was born, how it transformed the mail and talks to one researcher who argues that it's gone too far.

As Southern California winds contribute to the spread of a major wildfire, map tools from NASA and Esri help first responders ...

LOS ANGELES — Massive wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area have filled the air with a thick cloud of smoke and ash, ...

The Kennith Fire sparked along the 24000 block of West Victory Boulevard Thursday afternoon. According to Los Angeles Fire Department, the fire is burning toward the south. A mandatory evacuation ...

Officials urge residents to prepare for extended outages, asking public to report problems as temperatures drop ...

A live-updating map of novel coronavirus cases by zip code, courtesy of ESRI/JHU. Click on an area or use the search tool to enter a zip code. Use the + and - buttons to zoom in and out on the map.

While the housing market has shown weakness in recent months, some areas still outperformed the rest of the country.

For the hidden gems, Opendoor analyzed the number of new listings in its markets before calculating the percentage increase ...

Some Houston-area cities are making headlines. Opendoor Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: OPEN), an online real estate company that buys and sells residential real estate, released its 2024 ranking of ...

People looking to buy a home in Davidson County are looking to more affordable zip codes that have not been as popular.

The ZIP code is less like a cold, clinical, ordered list of numbers, and more like a weird overgrown number garden. It ...

The 2020 median household income in the U.S. was $67,521, a decrease of 2.9% from the 2019 median of $69,560, according to ...