| City: | San Diego, California |
| County: | San Diego County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:16:20 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 619 / 858 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 32.7154, -117.1565 |
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ZIP Code 92138 serves San Diego's Midway District, a commercial and business area along the western edge of the city. This isn't a residential neighborhood. It's a business district with 11 establishments employing 188 workers, concentrated along a single commercial corridor.
The post office at this location maintains 1,021 PO Boxes and delivers to 364 business addresses. All street delivery goes to Midway Drive, where 1,334 delivery points use unit designators to identify individual businesses within commercial buildings. The high ratio of PO Boxes to business delivery points (nearly 3 to 1) shows that many businesses throughout the surrounding area use this post office as their mailing address, even if they don't have physical locations here.
Despite being classified as a PO Box ZIP, this location does offer street delivery to businesses along Midway Drive. The ZIP has a point location rather than a defined territory, and it sits within the larger 92110 ZIP code area. Street delivery is available elsewhere in the community through neighboring standard ZIP codes. The Midway District location serves as a convenient business mail hub for Western San Diego, with nearby neighborhoods including Loma Portal and Old Town.
All delivery points are on Midway Drive, reflecting a concentrated commercial district with unit-based addressing.
ZIP Code 92138 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 12 business establishments, employing about 180 people with an annual payroll of $10,397,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,341Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 12Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,507,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $10,397,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 180Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 92138 is located in San Diego County, California, within the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 41740) and California's 50th and 52nd Congressional Districts. This Metro area has a population of 3,282,782 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 92138. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 41740Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 3,282,782Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Diego, CA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 50,52Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2787.35, 267 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0666000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | San Diego city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 92138 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.