| City: | La Jolla, California |
| County: | San Diego County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:39:07 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 619 / 858 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 32.8473, -117.2734 |
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ZIP 92038 serves as a dedicated PO Box facility for businesses and organizations in La Jolla, an upscale coastal community in San Diego. The post office maintains 786 PO Boxes and handles delivery to 466 business locations, but the ZIP Code itself has zero residential population. This isn't a residential area. It's a postal service point for the commercial district.
All 188 street delivery records in this ZIP share a single address: Wall Street. These aren't traditional street addresses. They're PO Box Street Addressing (PBSA) format, where box holders can use the post office's physical street address instead of writing "PO Box" on mail. A business with Box 123 can receive mail addressed to either "PO Box 123, La Jolla CA 92038" or "123 Wall St Unit 123, La Jolla CA 92038." Both deliver to the same box.
This ZIP operates within the boundaries of ZIP 92037, the main La Jolla residential area. The 20 business establishments reporting 64 employees suggest small professional offices, consulting firms, and service businesses that prefer PO Box mail handling. Street delivery for residential and most commercial addresses happens via 92037 and other La Jolla ZIP Codes.
The single street name (Wall St) with UNIT secondary designators indicates PO Box Street Addressing rather than traditional street delivery.
ZIP Code 92038 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 19 business establishments, employing about 58 people with an annual payroll of $2,998,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 4,787Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 19Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $653,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $2,998,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 58Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 92038 is located in San Diego County, California, within the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 41740) and California's 50th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 3,095,313 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 92038. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 41740Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 3,095,313Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Diego, CA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 50Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2787.35 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 92038 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.