| City: | Santa Cruz, California |
| County: | Santa Cruz County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:55:03 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 831 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 36.9742, -122.0297 |
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ZIP code 95061 is a PO Box-only zone located in downtown Santa Cruz, California. It doesn't have its own geographic territory. Instead, it exists as a point within the larger 95060 ZIP code that surrounds it. The post office on Front Street maintains 838 PO Boxes and serves 444 business delivery points, making it a commercial mail hub for the downtown area.
This isn't the ZIP code where people live. Census data shows zero population and zero housing units within 95061 itself. Residents of Santa Cruz have their homes addressed to other ZIP codes (primarily 95060), but many keep PO Boxes here for mail pickup. The 13 registered business establishments with 108 employees suggest small retail and service businesses use this location.
All 141 street delivery records point to a single address: Front Street with unit designators. This indicates the ZIP serves a multi-tenant commercial building or the post office facility itself. The urban delivery pattern with one city carrier route confirms this is purely a downtown mail distribution point rather than a residential delivery area.
For anyone mailing to a Santa Cruz business or resident with a 95061 address, PO Box formatting is required. Street delivery within this ZIP doesn't exist for residential purposes. The surrounding neighborhoods of Downtown Santa Cruz, Mission Hill, and the Eastside are all served by adjacent ZIP codes with full carrier delivery.
Single street address with unit designators indicates post office or commercial mail facility.
ZIP Code 95061 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 11 business establishments, employing about 68 people with an annual payroll of $4,767,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 6,244Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 11Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $990,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $4,767,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 68Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 95061 is located in Santa Cruz County, California, within the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 42100) and California's 19th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 262,382 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 95061. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 42100Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 262,382Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 19Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 915.34 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0669112Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Santa Cruz city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 95061 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.