| City: | New Braunfels, Texas |
| County: | Comal County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:11:02 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 830 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 29.7026, -98.1245 |
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ZIP code 78131 serves as New Braunfels' downtown post office. Located on S Seguin Avenue in Comal County, Texas, this isn't a residential ZIP. It's a point location within the larger 78130 ZIP code, providing PO Box services for downtown businesses and residents.
The post office maintains 1,038 PO Boxes and serves 658 business addresses. It has operated since before October 2004. New Braunfels is a growing city in the San Antonio metro area, known for its German heritage, the Comal and Guadalupe rivers, and attractions like Schlitterbahn and Gruene Historic District.
With city delivery available in the surrounding area and a standard sibling ZIP (78130) providing street delivery, this PO Box classification simply means that ZIP 78131 itself contains only PO Boxes. Residents and businesses who use this ZIP do so by choice, not necessity. The downtown location makes it convenient for picking up mail while running errands in the historic district.
The only street in this ZIP is S Seguin Avenue, the post office's physical address in downtown New Braunfels.
ZIP Code 78131 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 46 business establishments, employing about 334 people with an annual payroll of $14,959,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 28,316Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 46Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $3,286,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $14,959,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 334Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 78131 is located in Comal County, Texas, within the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 41700) and Texas's 21st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,612,802 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 78131. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 41700Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 2,612,802Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Antonio, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 21Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 5920.89 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4850820Source: Census |
| Place Name: | New Braunfels city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 78131 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.