Orange County market guide
Santa Ana direct mail, planned ZIP code by ZIP code
Santa Ana is a family market: 42% of the households in its six ZIP codes include children, against 33% across Orange County, so a family offer can go to every door on the 159 USPS carrier routes in those ZIP codes. An owner offer is different, because only 92705 has a clear owner majority (61%), and elsewhere it belongs on an addressed list. Plavidian, a print and mail production company 64 road miles away in Vista, California, plans the routes or the list, produces the mail and enters it with USPS, where Santa Ana postcards and flats share one sort label, SCF SANTA ANA CA 926.
Santa Ana at a glance
- 87,934 households in 6 ZIP codes
- 312,808 residents, Orange County's third-largest city (DOF, 2026)
- Children in 42% of households, against 33% countywide
- 159 carrier routes, all city routes, from three delivery units
- 64 road miles from Plavidian's plant in Vista
Households by ZIP code
Where Santa Ana households are
Read the table as three groups. 92701, 92703 and 92707 are the family ZIP codes, with children in 49%, 45% and 46% of households and the three lowest median home values in the table, from $585,900 to $635,600; 92701 also has the fewest owners, 29% of households. 92705 is the owner ZIP code at 61% owner-occupied, with the highest medians, $125,928 in household income and $1,135,600 in home value, while 92704 and 92706 sit between at 50% and 51%. Across all six, the two ends of the income range are close in size, 27% of households at $150,000 or more and 25% under $50,000; every-door mail reaches both, and only an addressed list with an income filter can tell them apart.
| ZIP | Households | Owner-occupied | With children | Householder 65+ | Median household income | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92701 | 12,908 | 29% | 49% | 19% | $68,697 | $608,300 |
| 92703 | 14,355 | 49% | 45% | 21% | $80,817 | $585,900 |
| 92704 | 20,281 | 50% | 41% | 21% | $94,249 | $641,600 |
| 92705 | 15,997 | 61% | 34% | 27% | $125,928 | $1,135,600 |
| 92706 | 10,195 | 51% | 40% | 22% | $96,424 | $839,100 |
| 92707 | 14,198 | 49% | 46% | 20% | $99,491 | $635,600 |
| Total | 87,934 | |||||
Each row is a ZIP Code Tabulation Area, drawn to follow the ZIP code rather than the Santa Ana city limit, so the 87,934 households are a total for the six ZIP codes, not a count of the city itself.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates, by ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA). ZCTAs approximate USPS ZIP Code areas and cross city lines; figures are survey estimates.
Carrier routes
Where Santa Ana's 159 carrier routes are
Every Door Direct Mail can reach all six ZIP codes: all 159 carrier routes are city routes, and none is rural or a P.O. box section. The residential column, 91,691 in all, is the piece count for a residential-only EDDM order to all six ZIP codes, and it does not track the Census the same way in every ZIP code: the USPS count runs above the Census household count in 92701, 92704 and, by the widest margin, 92705 (18,939 against 15,997), and slightly below it in 92703, 92706 and 92707. Size a Santa Ana EDDM order from this table, and use the household table to judge who those deliveries reach.
| ZIP | Carrier routes | Residential deliveries | Business deliveries | Delivered from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92701 | 19 | 13,987 | 2,239 | Santa Ana |
| 92703 | 22 | 14,291 | 1,035 | Bristol |
| 92704 | 35 | 20,464 | 2,288 | Diamond |
| 92705 | 40 | 18,939 | 4,317 | Santa Ana |
| 92706 | 17 | 10,093 | 685 | Santa Ana |
| 92707 | 26 | 13,917 | 1,368 | Bristol |
| Total | 159 | 91,691 | 11,932 |
Source: USPS EDDM route service: carrier routes with residential and business delivery counts, retrieved September 27, 2026. Counts change as USPS updates routes; the EDDM Route Builder shows the current figures.
Families
Family offers fit every door in 92701, 92703 and 92707
Children live in 49% of households in 92701, 46% in 92707 and 45% in 92703. Across all six ZIP codes the share is 42%, against 33% for Orange County as a whole, while householders 65 or older head 22% of households, below the county's share of about a quarter.
That favors every-door mail for offers parents act on, such as a family dental practice, tutoring, youth sports sign-ups or a family meal deal. EDDM reaches renters and owners alike, which is what 92701 needs: with 49% of households raising children and only 29% owning, many of those families rent. Plavidian runs EDDM with flat-size pieces, a 6.5x9, 8.5x11 or 9x12 flyer, and a Plavidian EDDM order starts at 200 pieces.
The same reach works against an owner offer. A roof, refinance or remodel piece sent to every door in 92701 lands mostly with tenants, since 71% of its households rent, so mail it to homeowners by name from an addressed list instead. Renting households are an audience in their own right, for a lease-up flyer sent every-door, and the owners of those rental units are the readers property management mail is written for.
92705
92705: owners, higher incomes and the most business mail
92705 stands apart on almost every column. It is 61% owner-occupied, its median household income ($125,928) and median home value ($1,135,600) are the highest in the table, and 27% of its householders are 65 or older, the only share in the table above a quarter. It is also the least dense, at 1,357 households per square mile.
It is the one Santa Ana ZIP code where an owner offer can go every-door: a remodeling series, a landscape redesign or a listing farm. Size the order from the route table rather than the Census table here, because the 40 routes carry 18,939 residential deliveries against 15,997 Census households.
92705 also has 4,317 of the 11,932 business deliveries in the six ZIP codes, more than a third. For a household offer, switch off business deliveries in the EDDM Route Builder, which takes those 4,317 out of an all-92705 order; for an offer to businesses, such as catering, cleaning or payroll services, leave them on. When the offer is for certain kinds of firms, an addressed business list, which Plavidian can supply from licensed data providers, reaches them by name.
Route size
In 92701, one carrier route reaches more homes
92701 is Santa Ana's densest ZIP code, with 3,996 households per square mile, nearly three times the 1,357 in 92705. It also has the largest routes: its 19 carry 13,987 residential deliveries, about 736 each, while 92705 spreads 18,939 across 40, about 473 each, and 92706, the smallest ZIP code, has 17 routes for 10,093.
EDDM is ordered a whole route at a time, so route size sets the step between quantities. A route added in 92701 adds more flyers, on average, than one in 92705, and a test of a route or two there is a larger print run. A restaurant, clinic or shop in 92701 can open its ZIP code in the EDDM Route Builder, pick the routes nearest its door and watch the count before settling on a quantity.
Delivery units
Three delivery units, and the ZIP codes that share them
The Delivered from column shows three USPS delivery units behind the 159 routes: one for 92701, 92705 and 92706, one for 92703 and 92707, and one for 92704 alone. They matter when EDDM flats are drop-shipped for delivery unit entry, because each unit in an order is a separate drop.
The pairing suits a family campaign. 92703 and 92707 have the same owner share, 49%, and children in 45% and 46% of households, and they share one unit, so EDDM across both is one drop, and adding 92701, the third family ZIP code, brings in the unit it shares with 92705 and 92706, for two drops. 92704, the largest ZIP code with 20,464 residential deliveries, is a drop of its own, so an order to all six ZIP codes makes three. The EDDM Route Builder prices a selection at origin, SCF and delivery unit entry in one view, so the postage a closer entry saves can be weighed against the extra drops.
From Vista
64 miles from the Vista plant: what the distance changes
By road, Santa Ana is 64 miles from Plavidian's plant on East Vista Way, farther than Mission Viejo (48 miles) or Irvine (55) and nearer than Anaheim (73), on routing that assumes free-flowing traffic. At that distance, what changes is how print that is never mailed reaches you; the mail goes from the plant to USPS without a trip on your part.
Plavidian hands the mail to USPS itself: at the origin business mail entry unit it uses, on a drop shipment under the SCF SANTA ANA CA 926 label or, for EDDM, at the three delivery units behind the six ZIP codes. The in-home window then depends on the entry point and the mail class, and the Mail Date Planner counts back from the week the mail should reach Santa Ana homes.
Door hangers for a Santa Ana neighborhood, yard signs and other print that is never mailed ship to you, or you can pick them up free at will call in Vista. Local delivery runs only around North County San Diego, so a Santa Ana order is shipped or picked up.
Local direct mail planning
Planning a Santa Ana mailing, from audience to in-home week
In Santa Ana the right method changes from one ZIP code to the next, so settle who the offer is for first, then EDDM or a list for each of the six; pricing, design and production follow from those answers.
Define the market
Name the household, then the ZIP codes that hold it: families in 92701, 92707 and 92703; owners in 92705, and in the other five only through an owner filter; business addresses in 92705, 92704 and 92701. For an age-based offer, filter an addressed list by age, since householders 65 or older are no more than 27% of households in any Santa Ana ZIP code.
Count Families in 92701, 92703 and 92707Compare approaches
Choose EDDM or a list one ZIP code at a time. A family, restaurant or lease-up offer can go every-door in any of the six; an owner offer goes every-door only in 92705. The EDDM or addressed mail comparison takes a few answers about your offer and recommends EDDM, a list or a test of both, with its reasons.
Compare EDDM and a Mailing ListEstimate the mailing
Price an actual drop: residential-only EDDM across 92701 is 13,987 flats by the USPS route counts of September 27, 2026, and switching business deliveries on adds 2,239. For an owner list, the quantity comes from the List Builder count instead.
Price EDDM Flats for All of 92701Prepare the creative
Fit the piece to the method. Plavidian runs every-door family mail on a flat flyer (6.5x9, 8.5x11 or 9x12); an owner list can take a 4x6, 6x9 or 6x11 postcard, each of them letter-size, or a personalized letter through Print + Insert. Plavidian Studio™, which you can try free without an account, marks the bleed, the safe zone and the space USPS needs for the address and permit, and it saves the press-ready file to your order instead of offering a download.
Design a Santa Ana EDDM FlyerProduce and mail
For a Santa Ana job, list work, addressing and USPS mail preparation take place at the Vista plant, and the whole job, printing by an approved vendor included, is held to the published Plavidian Standard™. Plavidian's own USPS permits carry the mail, so you do not apply for one. A card can pay for the printing but never the postage, which comes by check or wire transfer, and USPS gets none of the Santa Ana mail before those funds clear.
Follow the mail
Once the mail is entered, Plavidian Insight™, which every Plavidian mailing includes at no extra charge, follows addressed Santa Ana pieces, such as an owner list in 92705, through their USPS scans and shows them as delivery counts, a daily delivery curve and a map. Scans record where mail was seen in the mailstream; they are not proof of delivery. Plavidian Sentry™ camera verification can be added to letter-size mail as an option, for example a personalized owner letter to 92705.
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USPS entry
Why Santa Ana's 927 ZIP codes carry a 926 label
All six Santa Ana ZIP codes begin with 927, yet the label USPS assigns reads 926: the labeling lists effective June 27, 2026 group the 926 and 927 prefixes under one sectional center, SCF SANTA ANA CA 926, for letters on list L005 and for flats on list L016, and the ADC list (L004) names ADC SANTA ANA CA 926. The 926 in that label does not point to a Santa Ana building: the label names a sorting destination, and USPS decides which facility accepts a drop shipment made out to it. Irvine, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach share the Santa Ana label; a trade area that crosses into the 928 prefix of Anaheim, Orange or Garden Grove adds SCF ANAHEIM CA 928 to the plan.
| ZIP codes starting | Letters sort to | Flats sort to | ADC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 927 | SCF SANTA ANA CA 926 | SCF SANTA ANA CA 926 | ADC SANTA ANA CA 926 |
Source: USPS labeling lists L005 (letters), L016 (flats) and L004 (ADC), effective June 27, 2026.
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Questions
Questions about direct mail in Santa Ana
How many households and carrier routes are in Santa Ana?
Santa Ana's six ZIP codes, 92701 and 92703 through 92707, hold an estimated 87,934 households, according to the American Community Survey (2019 to 2023 estimates). USPS lists 159 carrier routes in them, carrying 91,691 residential and 11,932 business deliveries as of September 27, 2026.
The city's population was 312,808 on January 1, 2026, in the California Department of Finance's provisional estimate, third in Orange County after Anaheim and Irvine. Because ZIP code areas and the city limit are drawn differently, treat the household and route figures as totals for the six ZIP codes.
Can one EDDM mailing reach every Santa Ana ZIP code?
Yes. All six ZIP codes have carrier routes, with 91,691 residential deliveries between them, and Plavidian mails EDDM on its own permit through the business mail entry unit (BMEU), so the 5,000-piece daily limit that EDDM Retail sets for each ZIP code does not apply. Orders start at 200 pieces, all of them flat-size.
Both the smallest ZIP code, 92706 with 10,093 residential deliveries, and the largest, 92704 with 20,464, exceed what EDDM Retail accepts in a day. Plavidian's EDDM flats come in 6.5x9, 8.5x11 and 9x12, and EDDM cannot select owners, incomes, ages or names; Plavidian's 4x6, 6x9 and 6x11 postcards are letter-size, so they mail to an addressed list.
Where can EDDM carry a homeowner offer in Santa Ana?
In 92705, where 61% of households own their home. Owners are 49% to 51% of households in 92703, 92704, 92706 and 92707 and 29% in 92701, so an owner offer there goes further on an addressed list limited to homeowners, a selection EDDM cannot make.
Why does Santa Ana mail carry a 926 label when its ZIP codes start with 927?
USPS puts the 926 and 927 prefixes together under the label SCF SANTA ANA CA 926, on L005, the list for letters, and on L016, the list for flats, both effective June 27, 2026. So a 6x11 postcard and an 8.5x11 flat flyer bound for the same Santa Ana homes sort to the same SCF.
SCF SANTA ANA CA 926 names a sorting destination, not a building. ZIP codes starting 928, used in Anaheim, Orange and Garden Grove, label to SCF ANAHEIM CA 928 instead, so a mailing that reaches those cities is planned with two destinations.
Which Santa Ana ZIP codes have the most business deliveries?
92705, with 4,317 of the 11,932 in the six ZIP codes, then 92704 with 2,288 and 92701 with 2,239; 92706 has the fewest, 685. EDDM can include every business address on the routes you choose, but it cannot choose which businesses.
For particular kinds of companies, use an addressed business list, which Plavidian obtains from licensed data providers, or send a customer file of your own for CASS processing and duplicate removal.
Does a Santa Ana business have to come to Vista?
No. You upload artwork and lists and approve proofs in your Plavidian account, Plavidian itself enters the mail with USPS, and print that is not mailed ships to Santa Ana. Anyone who would rather collect an order or look over a proof in person can do so at the plant, 64 road miles away, where will-call pickup is free.
The order cutoff is 9:00 AM Pacific for a 2-day rush, which only certain products offer, and 12:00 PM Pacific for any other turnaround; production begins when the proof is approved. Turnaround Times has the current production windows.
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Sources
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates for cities and counties, January 1, 2026 (provisional)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 5-year estimates, by ZIP Code Tabulation Area
- U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Tabulation Areas and how they relate to ZIP codes
- USPS labeling list L005, SCF sortation for letters, effective June 27, 2026 (FAST)
- USPS labeling list L016, SCF sortation for flats, effective June 27, 2026 (FAST)
- USPS labeling list L004, ADC sortation, effective June 27, 2026 (FAST)
- USPS, Every Door Direct Mail: carrier routes, delivery counts and Retail limits
- USPS Domestic Mail Manual 201, physical standards for letters and flats
- OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data, for road miles from the Vista plant
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