| City: | Shannon, Alabama |
| Names to Avoid: | Hoover |
| County: | Jefferson County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:45:17 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 205 / 659 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 33.4054, -86.8716 |
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ZIP code 35142 serves Shannon, a small community in Jefferson County, Alabama, where PO Box service dominates the postal landscape. The post office maintains 100 PO Boxes for a community that operates one street delivery route along Shannon Oxmoor Road, the only documented street in the ZIP's delivery system.
The area doesn't have census population data for this specific ZIP, but the postal infrastructure tells the story of a compact service area. With 82 business establishments using this ZIP and just one named building in the system (the post office itself), Shannon functions as a modest postal hub. The classification shows one city carrier route serving the limited street delivery, while the PO Box count suggests many residents and businesses in the area prefer box delivery over street service.
Shannon Oxmoor Road is the sole documented street in this ZIP's delivery system, with just two delivery records on file. This single-street pattern is typical of small postal facilities that primarily serve PO Box customers.
ZIP Code 35142 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 4 business establishments, employing about 8 people with an annual payroll of $361,000. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 1 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 1Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 181Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 4Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $75,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $361,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 8Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 35142 is located in Jefferson County, Alabama, within the Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 13820) and Alabama's 7th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,128,047 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 35142. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Birmingham, ALSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 13820Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,128,047Source: Census |
| MSA: | Birmingham, AL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 07Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 10156.13 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 35142 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.