| City: | Goleta, California |
| City Alias: | Santa Barbara |
| County: | Santa Barbara County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:45:30 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 805 / 820 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 34.4356, -119.8269 |
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ZIP code 93116 serves a branch post office in Goleta, California, on the Southern California coast near Santa Barbara. This isn't a traditional ZIP with its own territory. Instead, it's a point location at S Patterson Avenue, nested entirely within ZIP 93111.
The post office offers 578 PO Boxes and serves 213 business addresses. The branch primarily exists to provide PO Box service for local residents and businesses who prefer centralized mail pickup over home delivery.
Goleta sits in Santa Barbara County as part of the greater Santa Barbara metro area. Mail addressed to 93116 can use either "Goleta" or "Santa Barbara" as the city name. Both are accepted for delivery.
The surrounding Goleta neighborhoods include Downtown Goleta (0.4 miles away), Encina, Encina Meadows, and Encina Royale. Residents in these areas have the option of street delivery through ZIP 93111 or can rent a PO Box at this branch location. With city delivery available and urban delivery routes active, this isn't a PO Box-only situation. It's simply an additional mail access point for the community.
All delivery records for this ZIP are on S Patterson Avenue, where the branch post office is located.
ZIP Code 93116 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 4 business establishments, employing about 9 people with an annual payroll of $679,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,055Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 4Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $91,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $679,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 9Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 93116 is located in Santa Barbara County, California, within the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42200) and California's 24th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 0 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 93116. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 42200Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 0Source: Census |
| MSA: | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 24Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 6883.35 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0630378Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Goleta city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 93116 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.