South El Monte California ZIP Codes

South El Monte holds a single ZIP code.

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP.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 South El Monte codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for South El Monte. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

Every South El Monte ZIP code begins 917. 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 South El Monte accounts for 2% of it.

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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 South El Monte occupies.

• 213 Area code 213
• 323 Area code 323
• 626 Area code 626
• 738 Area code 738

South El Monte California area codes in full →

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