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93943 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 93943 covers Monterey, California.

Time zone
Pacific UTC-08:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
6

Where 93943 is

Monterey, 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.

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments6
People employed62
Annual payroll$3,936,000
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 88.5% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively High
Expected annual loss85.6 out of 100
Community resilience22.1 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.

Earthquake96.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Coastal flooding80Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide78Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tsunami71.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding71.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire33.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave33.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning19.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado17.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather14.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind8.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail7.9Very 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 stationMONTEREY WFO, CA US1.7 km away
Rain in a year17 in

Average high and low by month

January59.3°F / 43.1°F3.45 in rain
February59.5°F / 44.4°F3.46 in rain
March60.6°F / 45.8°F2.89 in rain
April61.5°F / 47.3°F1.15 in rain
May62.9°F / 50.2°F0.5 in rain
June64.8°F / 52.4°F0.14 in rain
July65.8°F / 54.4°F0.02 in rain
August66.9°F / 54.9°F0.09 in rain
September68.2°F / 54.1°F0.08 in rain
October66.9°F / 50.8°F0.83 in rain
November62.5°F / 46°F1.64 in rain
December58.2°F / 42.7°F2.86 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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket98% of this ZIP code's area
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%.

Monterey Peninsula 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 vulnerability56more vulnerable than 56% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status59more vulnerable than 59% of US census tracts
Household characteristics13more vulnerable than 13% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status59more vulnerable than 59% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport76more vulnerable than 76% of US census tracts
Walkability16.6 out of 20Most walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

93942 Monterey, CA1.9 km away
93940 Monterey, CA3.3 km away
93944 Monterey, CA3.3 km away
93950 Pacific Grove, CA4.8 km away
93923 Carmel, CA6 km away
93953 Pebble Beach, CA6.1 km away
93921 Carmel By The Sea, CA6.4 km away
93922 Carmel, CA7.6 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.

Monterey County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zonePacific (UTC-08:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.2 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq mi
Latitude, longitude36.5970, -121.8741

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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