| City: | South Lake Tahoe, California |
| City Alias: | S Lake Tahoe |
| County: | El Dorado County |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:03:45 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 530 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 38.9459, -119.9704 |
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This is a ski resort area where residents and property owners likely receive street mail through the neighboring ZIP 96150, which encompasses the same geographic coordinates. The 96154 designation exists solely for post office box service at the local facility. The spatial data shows this ZIP has zero residential units and zero business locations recorded in its boundaries.
The distinction matters for anyone renting a vacation home or owning property here. Your street address will use 96150, while a PO Box would carry the 96154 designation. South Lake Tahoe operates with multiple ZIP codes serving different functions, a common pattern in resort communities where seasonal populations and second-home ownership create complex mail routing needs.
The post office maintains this separate PO Box ZIP because many seasonal property owners want year-round mail access that doesn't depend on someone being at the house. That's practical for ski resort areas where homes sit empty for months. A PO Box stays accessible whether you're in town for a weekend or away until next winter.
No street delivery exists in this PO Box-only ZIP code.
ZIP Code 96154 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # 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 96154 is located in El Dorado County, California, within the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 40900). This Metro area has a population of 2,149,127 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 96154. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 40900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 2,149,127Source: Census |
| MSA: | Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | No DistrictsSource: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Sacramento, CA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0673108Source: Census |
| Place Name: | South Lake Tahoe city; CaliforniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 96154 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.