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Santa Cruz, CA ZIP Codes

6 ZIP codes use the postal name Santa Cruz, California (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $108,591 in 95060 to $153,222 in 95065, 1.4 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Santa Cruz's most populous ZIP code is 95060, with 46,268 people (ACS 2020-2024); 15% of its land is in the city of Santa Cruz.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Santa Cruz's ZIP codes?

95060: $109k median household income95062: $112k median household income95064: $121k median household income95065: $153k median household income9506095065950629506495060: $109k median household income95062: $112k median household income95064: $121k median household income95065: $153k median household income9506095065950629506495060: $109k median household income95062: $112k median household income95064: $121k median household income95065: $153k median household income950609506595062
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Santa Cruz, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Santa Cruz's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 95065 ($153,222), the lowest in 95060 ($108,591). Home values run from $1,076,500 in 95062 to $1,228,500 in 95065.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Santa Cruz

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Santa Cruz, CA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
95060 Santa Cruz County 46,268 848 $109k $1.21M
95062 Santa Cruz County 35,607 7,047 $112k $1.08M
95064 Santa Cruz County 10,168 5,974 $121k $467k
95065 Santa Cruz County 7,997 731 $153k $1.23M

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Santa Cruz

2 ZIP codes named Santa Cruz have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Santa Cruz, CA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
95061Santa Cruz County
95063Santa Cruz County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Santa Cruz's ZIP codes reach?

Santa Cruz's residential ZIP codes lie in Santa Cruz County.

Which places do Santa Cruz's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Santa Cruz's residential ZIP codes cover Santa Cruz itself and 6 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Live Oak census-designated 95062, 95065
  • Bonny Doon census-designated 95060
  • Paradise Park census-designated 95060
  • Pasatiempo census-designated 95060
  • Pleasure Point census-designated 95062
  • Twin Lakes census-designated 95062

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Santa Cruz's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Santa Cruz starts with 950.

Three-digit prefixes of Santa Cruz's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Santa Cruz's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
950 San Jose, CA (SCF 950) 6 60

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.