| City: | Beaufort, South Carolina |
| County: | Beaufort County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:12:06 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 843 / 854 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 32.4316, -80.6700 |
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ZIP code 29901 serves the historic downtown Beaufort, South Carolina post office. This isn't a standalone geographic area but a postal point embedded within the larger 29902 ZIP code. The downtown Beaufort post office maintains 396 PO Boxes and serves 423 businesses in the area.
All ZIP+4 records for 29901 point to a single street: Charles Street. The 107 records with UNIT designations indicate PO Box Street Addressing (PBSA), where customers can receive mail using the post office's physical address followed by their box number. This makes Charles Street the location of the downtown post office itself.
Downtown Beaufort's neighborhoods include Old Commons, Northwest Quadrant, The Bluff, and The Point. These historic districts sit at the heart of one of South Carolina's oldest towns. Residents and businesses in these areas who want a downtown mailing address use 29901, while surrounding residential areas receive street delivery through 29902.
The 26 businesses employing 238 workers in this ZIP reflect downtown Beaufort's commercial core. Shops, restaurants, and professional offices along the waterfront and Bay Street likely maintain PO Boxes here for their business mail. It's a common pattern for historic downtowns where the original post office predates modern street delivery routes.
Charles Street is the sole street in this ZIP, serving as the post office's physical address for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 29901 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 25 business establishments, employing about 254 people with an annual payroll of $14,026,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 799Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 25Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $3,137,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $14,026,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 254Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 29901 is located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, within the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 25940) and South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 187,010 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 29901. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 25940Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 187,010Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1547.86 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4504690Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Beaufort city; South CarolinaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 29901 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.