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South Lake Tahoe, CA ZIP Codes

8 ZIP codes use the postal name South Lake Tahoe, California (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 6 for PO boxes or a single organization. South Lake Tahoe's most populous ZIP code is 96150, with 29,646 people (ACS 2020-2024); 6% of its land is in the city of South Lake Tahoe.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are South Lake Tahoe's ZIP codes?

96150: $93k median household income96155: – median household income961509615596150: $93k median household income96155: – median household income961509615596150: $93k median household income96155: – median household income9615096155
The 2 residential ZIP codes named South Lake Tahoe, 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).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of South Lake Tahoe

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name South Lake Tahoe, CA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
96150 El Dorado County 29,646 182 $93k $708k
96155 El Dorado County no residents 0 – –

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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 South Lake Tahoe

6 ZIP codes named South Lake Tahoe 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.

South Lake Tahoe, 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
96151El Dorado County
96152El Dorado County
96154El Dorado County
96156El Dorado County
96157El Dorado County
96158El Dorado County

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

Which counties do South Lake Tahoe's ZIP codes reach?

South Lake Tahoe's residential ZIP codes lie in El Dorado County.

Which places do South Lake Tahoe's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, South Lake Tahoe's residential ZIP codes cover South Lake Tahoe itself and 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Meyers census-designated 96150

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

Which first three digits do South Lake Tahoe'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 South Lake Tahoe starts with 961.

Three-digit prefixes of South Lake Tahoe'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 South Lake Tahoe's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
961 Reno, NV (SCF 894) 8 53

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