| City: | Fairhope, Alabama |
| County: | Baldwin County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:53:27 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 251 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 30.5229, -87.9033 |
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ZIP Code 36533 serves a commercial district in Fairhope, Alabama, located in Baldwin County. This ZIP is classified as PO Box only, though mail delivery includes both 704 PO Boxes and business delivery to 519 commercial locations. The post office operates as a business mail hub within the larger Fairhope postal area, which has a separate standard ZIP code for residential delivery.
All street delivery in 36533 goes to a single address: Fairhope Avenue. The 101 ZIP+4 records for this street include multiple unit designations, suggesting a business complex or commercial facility. This pattern is typical of a Large Volume Receiver, where one building or campus address handles mail for many individual businesses or offices.
With 30 business establishments employing 259 workers but zero residential population, this ZIP functions exclusively as a commercial service point. It's contained within ZIP 36532, which covers the residential and broader business areas of Fairhope. The city delivery indicator shows that carrier service is available, but the PO Box classification reflects the historical setup when this postal facility was established before October 2004.
Mail can be addressed to either PO Box numbers or to street addresses on Fairhope Avenue with unit numbers. The presence of a standard Fairhope ZIP (36532) means most residential and general business mail uses that ZIP code instead.
Only one street serves this ZIP, with all delivery going to Fairhope Avenue with unit designations.
ZIP Code 36533 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 26 business establishments, employing about 192 people with an annual payroll of $7,114,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 4,407Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 26Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,919,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $7,114,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 192Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 36533 is located in Baldwin County, Alabama, within the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 19300) and Alabama's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 182,265 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 36533. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, ALSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 19300Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 182,265Source: Census |
| MSA: | Mobile, AL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 6066.83 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0125240Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Fairhope city; AlabamaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 36533 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.