Cities in area code 805
Which places use area code 805? 41 rate centers in California, the biggest being Santa Barbara, Oxnard, San Luis Obispo. Data below is NANPA's official prefix-to-rate-center mapping.
By numbering footprint the leading localities are Santa Barbara, Oxnard, San Luis Obispo, Thousand Oaks, Santa Maria, Simi Valley, Ventura East and Camarillo, and 32 smaller communities down to single-prefix localities. Prefix counts track lines in service, so the ranking is a reasonable proxy for where the code's subscribers actually are.
19 of the localities fall within FCC top-100 metropolitan statistical areas; the rest are smaller communities.
31 of these localities are also reachable through other area codes — overlay territory where the same place answers to several codes.
All of the code's territory keeps Pacific time.
Remember that people keep numbers when they relocate, so a 805 number is a where-it-was-issued fact, not a where-they-are fact.
| Locality (rate center) | Active prefixes | Metro area | All codes serving it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara | 86 | — | 805, 820 |
| Oxnard | 75 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| San Luis Obispo | 71 | — | 805, 820 |
| Thousand Oaks | 64 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Santa Maria | 45 | — | 805, 820 |
| Simi Valley | 43 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Ventura East | 36 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Camarillo | 36 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Paso Robles | 30 | — | 805, 820 |
| Ventura Central | 28 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Lompoc | 25 | — | 805, 820 |
| Newbury Park | 24 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Moorpark | 23 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805 |
| Saticoy | 18 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805 |
| Arroyo Grande | 16 | — | 805, 820 |
| El Rio | 15 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Atascadero | 14 | — | 805, 820 |
| Conejo | 11 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Santa Paula | 10 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Santa Ynez | 10 | — | 805, 820 |
| Carpinteria | 9 | — | 805 |
| Point Mugu | 9 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Ojai | 9 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805 |
| Fillmore | 8 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Bakersfield:main Da | 8 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 661, 805 |
| Cambria | 7 | — | 805 |
| Morro Bay | 7 | — | 805 |
| Pismo Beach | 7 | — | 805, 820 |
| Nipomo | 6 | — | 805, 820 |
| Guadalupe | 5 | — | 805, 820 |
| Oak View | 5 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| Somis | 4 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805 |
| Santa Margarita | 4 | — | 805 |
| Los Alamos | 3 | — | 805, 820 |
| Piru | 3 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 805, 820 |
| San Miguel | 3 | — | 805 |
| Carrisa Plains | 3 | — | 805 |
| Bradley | 2 | — | 805, 820 |
| Cayucos | 2 | — | 805, 820 |
| Parkfield | 1 | — | 805, 820 |
| Gaviota | 1 | — | 805, 820 |
FAQ
What is the biggest city in area code 805?
Santa Barbara holds the most active prefixes (86), making it the code's largest numbering locality.
How many places does 805 cover?
41 rate centers in California hold active 805 prefixes, from Santa Barbara down to communities with a single prefix.
Does a 805 number guarantee the caller lives in one of these places?
No — the tables show where number blocks were issued. Porting and VoIP let people keep or acquire numbers anywhere.