| City: | Burbank, California |
| Names to Avoid: | Disney Productions |
| County: | Los Angeles County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:37:11 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 323 / 738 / 747 / 818 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 34.1569, -118.3252 |
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The Walt Disney Studios operates under dedicated ZIP code 91521 in Burbank, Los Angeles County. Walt Disney and his brother Roy Oliver Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio on October 16, 1923, in Los Angeles. Using profits from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney financed construction of a new 51-acre studio complex designed by architect Kem Weber in Streamline Moderne style. The company completed its move from Hyperion Avenue in Silver Lake to the Burbank campus by May 6, 1940. The studio marked its 85th anniversary in 2025. This unique postal designation has served Disney for over two decades.
The compact 0.07-square-mile postal boundary encompasses Disney's corporate headquarters at 500 South Buena Vista Street. Postal records identify 33 ZIP+4 codes routing to 10 named facilities including ABC Cable Network, Buena Vista Pictures, Disney/ABC, Hollywood Records, Miramax Films, and Touchstone Pictures. Census Business Patterns data shows 202 establishments employing 11,049 workers within this ZIP.
Walt Disney purposely designed the Burbank campus around the animation process, with the Animation Building at the center and supporting departments in adjacent structures. The Burbank lot remains the only Disney studio surviving from the Golden Age of filmmaking. Burbank serves as the valid mailing city.
| Establishments: | 202 |
| Employment: | 11,049 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 91521 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 94 business establishments, employing about 12,126 people with an annual payroll of $2,077,587,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 94Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $397,720,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $2,077,587,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 12,126Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 91521 is located in Los Angeles County, California, within the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 31080) and California's 30th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 0 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 91521, and is subdivided into the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 31080Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA (CBSA Div 31084)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 0Source: Census |
| MSA: | Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 30Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 135.94 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0608954Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Burbank city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 91521 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.