| City: | Foley, Alabama |
| County: | Baldwin County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:10:55 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 251 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 30.4064, -87.6838 |
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Foley, Alabama sits in Baldwin County, about 10 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico beaches at Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. ZIP 36536 is a PO Box-only ZIP that operates within the larger Foley postal area served by ZIP 36535. It's a point location, not a territory, meaning the post office itself is the entire ZIP.
The Foley post office maintains 640 PO Boxes and serves 286 business delivery points. All 103 street-type delivery records point to a single address: E Laurel Avenue, the post office's physical location. This allows businesses and residents to use street-style addressing (with unit numbers) instead of traditional PO Box format. It's a feature called PO Box Street Addressing.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Residents and businesses in Foley have access to street delivery through ZIP 36535. The 36536 ZIP exists specifically for PO Box service, giving box holders a distinct ZIP code. With 26 business establishments and 288 employees tied to this ZIP, it serves as a commercial hub for downtown Foley.
Foley itself is a growing city that functions as the gateway to Alabama's Gulf Coast. The nearby areas include Perdido Key and Orange Beach, both part of the Pensacola metro region. The post office on E Laurel Avenue is in the heart of downtown, convenient for the local business community and residents who prefer PO Box service.
The only street is E Laurel Avenue, the post office's physical address used for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 36536 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 26 business establishments, employing about 344 people with an annual payroll of $11,584,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 7,586Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 26Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,852,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $11,584,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 344Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 36536 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 239,945 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 36536. 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: | 239,945Source: 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: | 0126992Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Foley city; AlabamaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 36536 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.