| City: | San Jose, California |
| Names to Avoid: | San Jose Water Company |
| County: | Santa Clara County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:55:55 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 408 / 650 / 669 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 37.3315, -121.8977 |
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San Jose Water Company holds dedicated ZIP code 95196 in Santa Clara County. Founded in 1866 and incorporated on November 21 of that year, San Jose Water Company is California's oldest investor-owned utility and one of the most technically sophisticated urban water systems in the nation. The company was organized by D. McKenzie, John Bonner, and A. Chabot to provide water to San Jose and Santa Clara, later expanding to draw from Los Gatos Creek in 1868. Today, SJWC serves approximately one million people in the greater San Jose metropolitan area.
Located in Central San Jose, this designation has served the company since before 2004. One delivery code routes mail to this ZIP. San Jose Water Company is owned by SJW Group, a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: SJW) that also operates Connecticut Water Company, Maine Water Company, and Texas Water Company. Census demographic data is unavailable, consistent with commercial-only operations. San Jose is the valid mailing city.
ZIP Code 95196 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 95196 is located in Santa Clara County, California, within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 41940) and California's 18th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,836,911 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 95196. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 41940Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,836,911Source: Census |
| MSA: | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 18Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 696.12 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | San Jose, CA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0668000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | San Jose city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 95196 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.