| City: | Birmingham, Alabama |
| County: | Jefferson County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:55:01 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 205 / 659 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 33.5208, -86.8027 |
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ZIP code 35201 is a PO Box facility serving downtown Birmingham, Alabama's central business district. The post office maintains 430 PO Boxes for businesses and residents in the Jefferson County area, operating as a specialized mail processing point rather than a residential neighborhood. Despite having a Population Classification of P, this doesn't mean the area lacks street delivery—instead, it reflects that this particular ZIP contains only PO Box addresses while surrounding ZIPs handle the actual street delivery for downtown Birmingham.
The facility sits at the heart of Birmingham's urban core, coordinating with the neighboring 35203 ZIP code that provides the street delivery infrastructure for the same geographic area. The single street route on N 24th Street handles 130 delivery records, alongside 80 PO Box-specific records. Birmingham's downtown uses this dual-ZIP arrangement to separate business mail handling from residential and commercial street delivery, allowing the postal service to efficiently manage the city's dense central business district where 467 businesses operate.
With only one street name in the system, this ZIP functions primarily as a PO Box processing facility. N 24th Street's 130 records with unit designations suggest a single large building or facility using this address for internal mail routing.
ZIP Code 35201 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 20 business establishments, employing about 557 people with an annual payroll of $28,808,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 866Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 20Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $7,396,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $28,808,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 557Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 35201 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 1,181,432 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 35201. 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: | 1,181,432Source: 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: | 0107000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Birmingham city; AlabamaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 35201 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 January 1, 2026.