| City: | Pismo Beach, California |
| City Alias: | Shell Beach |
| County: | San Luis Obispo County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:41:29 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 805 / 820 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.1426, -120.6403 |
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The postal geography here is compact. Just two streets appear in the ZIP+4 records: Crest Drive and Shell Beach Road. That's because this ZIP doesn't handle street delivery itself. Those 887 boxes serve both Pismo Beach and Shell Beach, the area's accepted mailing names. People choose PO Boxes for convenience and business use, not because street delivery isn't available.
Only two streets appear in the postal database for 93448, reflecting its role as a PO Box ZIP rather than a street delivery zone. Crest Drive dominates the records with 133 delivery points, while Shell Beach Road has 20. Both streets contain units. The limited street presence confirms that this ZIP primarily handles PO Box mail, with actual street delivery occurring through the neighboring 93449 ZIP code.
ZIP Code 93448 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 21 people with an annual payroll of $898,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,201Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $169,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $898,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 21Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 93448 is located in San Luis Obispo County, California, within the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42020) and California's 24th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 281,486 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 93448. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 42020Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 281,486Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, 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: | 0657414Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Pismo Beach city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 93448 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 January 1, 2026.