El Cajon California ZIP Codes

El Cajon holds 4 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in El Cajon

The complete list of El Cajon, California ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP codeCounty
92019San Diego County
92020San Diego County
92021San Diego County
92022San Diego County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the El Cajon codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for El Cajon. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated . ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every El Cajon ZIP code begins 920. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of California. Statewide that range covers 64 ZIP codes, so El Cajon accounts for 6% of it.

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Area codes covering El Cajon

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The codes below serve the same ground El Cajon occupies.

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Where El Cajon's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one El Cajon ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates. The outline is the convex envelope of those points — a footprint, not a boundary.
  • Reference points and footprint
  • Not an official NANPA boundary
  • Not a USPS delivery area

Cities near El Cajon

The closest places to El Cajon with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
CityDistanceZIP codes
Santee California ZIP codes4.0 mi2 ZIP codes
La Mesa California ZIP codes4.2 mi4 ZIP codes
Lemon Grove California ZIP codes6.4 mi2 ZIP codes
San Diego California ZIP codes10 mi76 ZIP codes
National City California ZIP codes12 mi2 ZIP codes
Chula Vista California ZIP codes12 mi8 ZIP codes
Poway California ZIP codes13 mi2 ZIP codes
Coronado California ZIP codes15 mi2 ZIP codes

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.