| City: | San Antonio, Texas |
| County: | Bexar County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:48:30 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 210 / 726 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 29.4239, -98.4935 |
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ZIP code 78296 serves a business district in downtown San Antonio, centered on E Houston Street near the Alamo Plaza area. This isn't a residential neighborhood. The 22 PO Boxes serve 62 businesses operating in the historic heart of the city. Most street addresses in this area receive delivery through the neighboring 78205 ZIP code, while the 78296 designation provides dedicated PO Box service for commercial tenants who need separate business mail addresses.
The concentration on a single street reflects the compact nature of this postal zone. E Houston Street runs through San Antonio's most recognizable blocks, where offices, shops, and service businesses prefer PO Box addresses that don't change when they relocate within the district. With no recorded residential population, this represents pure commercial mail service in one of Texas's most visited downtown corridors.
The single street served, E Houston Street, runs through San Antonio's historic core adjacent to the Alamo, indicating this ZIP's role as a business address service for one of the city's most iconic districts.
ZIP Code 78296 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 80Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 78296 is located in Bexar County, Texas, within the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 41700) and Texas's 28th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,142,508 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 78296. 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: | 2,142,508Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Antonio, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 28Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 9378.53 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4865000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | San Antonio city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 78296 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.