| City: | Novato, California |
| County: | Marin County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:54:09 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 415 / 628 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 38.1077, -122.5688 |
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ZIP code 94948 exists as a PO Box-only assignment within the larger Novato, California postal system. It doesn't cover any geographic territory on its own. Instead, it sits as a point location inside ZIP 94947, which handles street delivery for the surrounding area.
The post office at this location maintains 864 PO Boxes. All street-style addresses use a single location: S Novato Blvd, with unit numbers corresponding to box numbers. This is PO Box Street Addressing (PBSA), which lets customers receive packages from carriers who won't deliver to a PO Box by using the post office's street address.
Novato sits in Marin County, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The 94948 ZIP serves as a supplemental mail access point. Residents and businesses who want a PO Box can use this ZIP, while their physical addresses fall under 94947, 94945, or other Novato-area codes. With 459 business delivery points and 15 registered business establishments, this ZIP serves a mix of commercial and residential box holders.
Street delivery isn't available from 94948 directly. The two city carrier routes in the data are PBSA routes, not traditional street delivery. Anyone needing mail at a street address uses one of Novato's standard ZIPs.
Only one street address exists: the post office location on S Novato Blvd, used for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 94948 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 13 business establishments, employing about 149 people with an annual payroll of $7,925,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,185Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 13Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,837,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $7,925,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 149Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 94948 is located in Marin County, California, within the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 41860) and California's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 4,335,391 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 94948, and is subdivided into the San Rafael, CA division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 41860Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | San Rafael, CA (CBSA Div 42034)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 4,335,391Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 12952.23 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | San Francisco, CA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0652582Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Novato city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 94948 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 March 1, 2026.