| City: | Petaluma, California |
| County: | Sonoma County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:06:13 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 369 / 707 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 38.2328, -122.6359 |
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ZIP code 94953 is a PO Box-only ZIP serving downtown Petaluma, California. It doesn't cover a geographic territory of its own. Instead, it's a point location within ZIP 94952, which handles the broader Petaluma area. This distinction matters for mail: 94953 is exclusively for PO Box holders at the main post office.
The post office at this location maintains 618 PO Boxes and serves 398 business delivery points. All 129 street-style delivery records point to a single address on 4th Street, the location of the post office itself. This is a classic "single-building" PO Box ZIP, common in towns where the main post office has its own dedicated ZIP code for box mail.
Petaluma residents who want a PO Box use 94953. Those who receive mail at home use 94952 or 94954, the standard delivery ZIPs covering the city. This isn't a PO Box Only Zone, meaning alternative delivery options exist nearby. The 94953 ZIP simply provides a separate mailing identity for the post office's box section.
The only street address is 4th Street, where the Petaluma post office is located.
ZIP Code 94953 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 115 people with an annual payroll of $3,429,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 3,419Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $781,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,429,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 115Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 94953 is located in Sonoma County, California, within the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42220) and California's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 485,642 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 94953. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 42220Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 485,642Source: 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: | Santa Rosa, CA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0656784Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Petaluma city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 94953 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.