| City: | El Toro, California |
| City Alias: | Lake Forest |
| County: | Orange County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:43:18 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 714 / 949 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 33.5955, -117.7077 |
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ZIP code 92609 is a PO Box-only facility serving the El Toro area of Lake Forest in Orange County, California. It doesn't have its own geographic territory. Instead, it exists as a point location within ZIP 92630. The post office maintains 791 PO Boxes and serves 286 business delivery points.
Both "El Toro" and "Lake Forest" work as valid city names for mail sent to this ZIP. El Toro is the historic name for this area, which became part of the city of Lake Forest when it incorporated in 1991.
The ZIP's single street address, Raymond Way, uses UNIT designators for PO Box Street Addressing. This lets customers receive packages to a physical address format rather than a traditional PO Box number.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone, meaning residents have access to carrier delivery through the surrounding ZIP 92630. The 92609 facility sits near the Orange County Great Park, the former site of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. Nearby neighborhoods include the Irvine Research Center, Irvine Industrial Complex-East, and Irvine Technology Center.
Raymond Way serves as the PO Box Street Addressing location, allowing customers to use a street address format for their PO Box.
ZIP Code 92609 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 7 business establishments, employing about 56 people with an annual payroll of $3,422,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,055Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 7Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $810,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,422,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 56Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 92609 is located in Orange County, California, within the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 31080) and California's 46th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 0 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 92609, and is subdivided into the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, 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: | Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA (CBSA Div 11244)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 0Source: Census |
| MSA: | Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 46Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 71.72 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Orange County, CA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 92609 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.