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93408 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 93408 covers San Luis Obispo, California.

Time zone
Pacific UTC-08:00observes daylight saving time

Where 93408 is

San Luis Obispo, California — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 97.5% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively High
Expected annual loss98.5 out of 100
Community resilience90.4 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Landslide99.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought98.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire98.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding98.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake94.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave21.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail15.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather12.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning11.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind10.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado1.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationSAN LUIS OBISPO POLY, CA US2.5 km away
Rain in a year22 in

Average high and low by month

January64.9°F / 44°F5.07 in rain
February65.2°F / 44.4°F4.92 in rain
March67.3°F / 46.1°F3.89 in rain
April69.3°F / 46.8°F1.38 in rain
May71.9°F / 49.3°F0.51 in rain
June75.7°F / 51.8°F0.13 in rain
July78.3°F / 54.2°F0.07 in rain
August79.7°F / 54.8°F0.01 in rain
September80.1°F / 53.8°F0.11 in rain
October77.8°F / 51.5°F0.76 in rain
November70.8°F / 47.4°F1.98 in rain
December64.4°F / 43.7°F3.59 in rain
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Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

San Luis Coastal Unified School District100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability31more vulnerable than 31% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status19more vulnerable than 19% of US census tracts
Household characteristics14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status41more vulnerable than 41% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport73more vulnerable than 73% of US census tracts
Walkability5.5 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

93403 San Luis Obispo, CA0 km away
93406 San Luis Obispo, CA0 km away
93407 San Luis Obispo, CA0 km away
93405 San Luis Obispo, CA2.2 km away
93401 San Luis Obispo, CA2.3 km away
93409 San Luis Obispo, CA7.2 km away
93424 Avila Beach, CA13.2 km away
93449 Pismo Beach, CA13.9 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

San Luis Obispo County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zonePacific (UTC-08:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.02 sq mi
Latitude, longitude35.2828, -120.6596

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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