ZIP Code 94705

A high-volume ZIP, not a high-mean ZIP

$43,691,375 on 117,552 lines produces a mean near $372. That ratio is arithmetic, not a typical household gift and not a median. A long list of modest itemizations can add to the same total that a short list of large committee rows would produce elsewhere. FEC.gov stored the ZIP that was filed. LobbyVault summed it. The packet publishes two facts: dollars and contribution count.

One hundred seventeen thousand five hundred fifty-two itemizations puts 94705 among volume ZIPs in this extract. Sorting the ZIP hub by dollars places 94705 near other $43 million codes. Sorting by line count places it far higher. Both sorts are the same public file. Do not treat the longer list as proof of broader participation; treat it as more disclosed rows.

Volume ZIPs attract a different error than concentration ZIPs. Searchers see 117,552 and hear a crowd. The file records itemized lines. Repeat gifts and memo entries can sit inside 117,552. $43,691,375 is still the matching dollar total on the same extract. Quote both.

The 94705 field versus a neighborhood census

USPS 94705 is a five-digit mail code. FEC contributor ZIPs are not geocoded to parcels. A committee that lists 94705 will post to this total if that is the ZIP on the form. Individuals who use a home or office address with the same digits can do the same. $43,691,375 is therefore not resident giving in 94705.

The 117,552-line count is an itemization count. Unique people are not totaled in this packet. Repeat gifts, reallocations, and memo items can inflate the line list without adding new contributors.

On a ZIP with 117,552 lines, the temptation is to treat the count as a population. It is not. Repeat itemizations, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows. $43,691,375 remains the matching dollar total. Cite the pair, not a headcount the packet never published.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 94705?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 94705 total $43,691,375 across 117,552 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $372 follows from dividing those two packet facts.

Why does ZIP 94705 have so many contributions?

LobbyVault counts 117,552 itemized contributions for ZIP 94705. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $43,691,375, which yields a mean near $372.

Does ZIP 94705 include only residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses can be part of $43,691,375 when 94705 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 117,552-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 94705 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $43,691,375 and 117,552 lines for ZIP 94705. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.