Beyond the Mail

The USPS is delivering Beyond the Mail!

The United States Postal Service delivers to every address in the nation 6-7 days per week, collecting valuable addressing and geospatial data along the way as part of regular operations. With an unparalleled physical reach and frequency, USPS is delivering “Beyond the Mail” by offering a suite of addressing and geospatial data products geared towards customers with expanded use cases. The data collected by the USPS can benefit many industries, such as: real estate, construction, retail, insurance, navigation, logistics, mapping, and marketing.

Explore what can be delivered beyond your front door:

Occupancy Trends

Populated using vacancy data collected by USPS® carrier operations, the USPS Occupancy Trends product provides an aggregate count of vacant addresses by ZIP Code™, USPS carrier route, county, and congressional district. Additionally, the count can be viewed by census tract, group and block as a fraction of total possible deliveries.                                                           

Many industries, such as real estate, construction or marketing can benefit from access to aggregated vacancy data.

For example:

  • Identify areas of low occupancy or specific blocks where houses may be viable to purchase or flip                                       
  • Flag areas that may have a low rate of delivery and omit them from marketing campaigns to prevent undeliverable mail                           
  • Target low or high occupancy regions as areas of opportunity for potential retail or community construction

Occupancy Trends - Internal   Twelve one-month updates.                                                                                

Occupancy Trends - Enterprise  Twelve one-month updates with limited distribution to subsidiaries and partner companies.

Fact Sheets
05/15/2023
Tech Guides
04/26/2023
Applications/ Forms
05/16/2023
Applications/ Forms
10/01/2024
Applications/ Forms
12/01/2022
Electronic Product Fulfillment Web Access Request Form

This form is used to create a Web-based account with the Addressing and Geospatial Technology (AGT) office which will be used to download files electronically from the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website.

USPS® Population Mobility Trends

A tabular dataset built upon aggregated USPS National Change of Address data and 2020 Census demographics (income, age, household size). The data is aggregated to highlight the 9 highest volume destination ZIP™ Codes (3 local, in-state, and out-of-state) people are migrating to for each source ZIP. Census demographic data is included for the top 3 volume breakdowns by demographic category (income, age, household size). Data is included if the total count of source and destinations exceed a threshold. Many industries, such as real estate, marketing, retail, and construction can benefit from access to population mobility data.

For example:

  • Identify the top destination ZIP Codes for each source ZIP Code that people are moving to and leverage demographic data to get a snapshot into overarching trends.
  • Identify demographics (e.g. income ranges, new homeowners, age brackets) to optimize marketing campaigns in a given area.
  • Identify potential areas of expected growth with target markets for the construction of new residential or commercial structures.

Population Mobility Trends 12-Month Historical – Internal                                    Twelve one-month updates

Population Mobility Trends 12-Month Historical – Limited                                    Twelve one-month updates with permission to publish limited summaries

Population Mobility Trends 48-Month Historical – Internal                                    48M historical data with twelve one-month updates

Population Mobility Trends 48-Month Historical – Limited                                    48M historical data with twelve one-month updates with permission to publish limited summaries

Population Mobility Trends 48-Month Historical – Enterprise                                48M historical data with twelve one-month updates with limited distribution

Population Mobility Trends 48-Month Historical – Enterprise R                            Enterprise product renewal consisting of twelve one-month updates with limited distribution

Technical Specifications
05/12/2023
Applications/ Forms
12/14/2023
Applications/ Forms
12/01/2022
Electronic Product Fulfillment Web Access Request Form

This form is used to create a Web-based account with the Addressing and Geospatial Technology (AGT) office which will be used to download files electronically from the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website.

USPS® Post Office & Collection Box Data

Datasets containing the specific coordinates of United States Postal Service Post Offices and blue collection boxes as well as detailed information around specific services offered and hours of operations or collection times. Many industries, such as mapping, marketing, retail, logistics, and navigation can benefit from access to USPS Post Office and Collection Box data.

For example:

  • Leverage the geocoded coordinates of the Post Offices and collection boxes as ground truth to calibrate against other coordinates.
  • Coordinate across numerous Post Offices with specific services to optimize national marketing campaigns.
  • As Post Offices serve as central facilities in communities with numerous capabilities, information on services provided and accurate geospatial coordinates can be very useful for users intending to utilize services.

Products

USPS® Post Office Location Dataset

Contains USPS Post Office locations and Contract Post Office locations, including services provided and hours of operations. Offered in GeoJSON and/or PSV [pipe delimited] file.

USPS® Blue Collection Box Location Dataset

Contains USPS blue collection box locations and their collection times. Offered in GeoJSON and/or PSV [pipe delimited] file.

Technical Specifications
12/10/2021
USPS® Post Office Location Dataset Internal Control Document

The dataset contains the United States Postal Service® Post Office locations including the services provided and hours of operations.

Technical Specifications
12/10/2021
USPS® Blue Collection Box Location Dataset Internal Control Document

The dataset contains the United States Postal Service® collection box locations and includes times when the mail is collected from these boxes.

Applications/ Forms
12/01/2022
Electronic Product Fulfillment Web Access Request Form

This form is used to create a Web-based account with the Addressing and Geospatial Technology (AGT) office which will be used to download files electronically from the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website.

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