Birmingham ZIP Codes & Area Codes: Complete Directory & Postal Map (AL)

Looking for a Birmingham ZIP code or trying to match a ZIP to its telephone area code? This directory maps the ZIP codes of Birmingham, Alabama, to their neighborhoods, counties, and the area codes that serve them. Use it to address mail correctly, verify a caller’s location, or understand how Birmingham’s postal and telephone geography line up.

Birmingham ZIP Codes & Area Codes at a Glance

Birmingham ZIP Code Directory

The table below lists major Birmingham ZIP codes with the neighborhood or district each covers, the telephone area code that serves it, and the county it falls in.

Beyond the neighborhoods listed above, Birmingham also has ZIP codes reserved for post-office boxes, large-volume business mailers, universities, and government facilities that do not correspond to a single residential district. When you are unsure which code to use, the USPS ZIP Code Lookup confirms the exact ZIP for any street address, while the area code shown in each row indicates the telephone prefix that most commonly serves that part of Birmingham. Mail sorted to the correct ZIP+4 moves faster and is less likely to be delayed or returned.

How Birmingham ZIP Codes and Area Codes Align

A ZIP code is a postal routing number, while an area code is a telephone routing number, so the two systems do not map one-to-one. In Birmingham, the 205, 659 area codes overlap the same territory that dozens of ZIP codes divide up. A single ZIP code can contain phone numbers from more than one area code, and a single area code spans many ZIP codes. For a full breakdown of the telephone side, see the Birmingham area code guide.

Because Alabama uses 10-digit dialing, always dial the area code plus the seven-digit number when calling a Birmingham line, even locally. When you only have a ZIP code, the directory above is the quickest way to see which area code most likely serves that part of the city.

Postal & Telecom Scam Warnings in Birmingham

With UAB and a large healthcare sector, watch for fake medical-billing and insurance-verification calls seeking personal information. Across Birmingham ZIP codes, watch for USPS “undelivered package” smishing texts that ask you to pay a small redelivery fee, address-change and mail-hold fraud, and area-code spoofing that makes robocalls appear to come from a local Birmingham number. The Postal Service never texts you a payment link for a package, and legitimate callers do not demand gift cards or wire transfers. Report mail fraud to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and unwanted calls to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many ZIP codes does Birmingham have?

Birmingham has approximately 20+ ZIP codes covering its neighborhoods and districts across Jefferson County.

What area codes serve Birmingham?

Birmingham is served by the 205, 659 area codes. See the Birmingham area code guide for full details.

Do ZIP codes and area codes match up in Birmingham?

Not exactly. ZIP codes route mail and area codes route calls, so one ZIP code can include more than one area code and each area code spans many ZIP codes. The directory above shows the most common pairing for each ZIP.

What is the main ZIP code for Birmingham?

Birmingham’s core ZIP codes are listed at the top of the directory table above; downtown and central neighborhoods usually carry the lowest-numbered ZIP codes in the city.

Are ZIP codes and area codes the same thing?

No. A ZIP code is a five-digit postal code used to route mail, while an area code is the three-digit prefix used to route telephone calls. Birmingham uses both systems, but they were designed independently and cover different-sized areas, which is why one ZIP code can overlap more than one area code.

What time zone is Birmingham in?

Birmingham observes Central Time (CT, UTC-6 / UTC-5).