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51502

ZIP 51502 is in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County; area code 712; Central time. Council Bluffs has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 51501 and 51503.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pottawattamie
Metro area
Omaha, NE-IA
Coordinates
41.2619, -95.8608

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 51503, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 51502 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 51502
  • 🔢 Type 51502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOSIS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 51,502 = 2 × 11 × 2341. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100100100101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 51501 (Council Bluffs, IA, 3 mi away) and 51503 (Council Bluffs, IA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 51502 becomes 20515 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 1,008 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01255, 01525, 02155, 05152, 05251, 10552, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02155 in Medford, MA, 1,272 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 71%.
  • 🎯174 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 51502 and you would come out at 41.26°S, 84.14°E — 875 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees188This ZIP188
Annual payroll$14,695,000This ZIP$14,695,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 51502

ZIPCityDistance
51501 Council Bluffs, IA 2.6 mi
68110 Omaha, NE 3.3 mi
51510 Carter Lake, IA 3.4 mi
68102 Omaha, NE 3.7 mi
68101 Omaha, NE 4.0 mi
68103 Omaha, NE 4.0 mi
68109 Omaha, NE 4.0 mi
68119 Omaha, NE 4.0 mi
68120 Omaha, NE 4.0 mi
68139 Omaha, NE 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 51502?

51502 is in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County, part of the Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.2619, -95.8608.

What county is 51502 in?

51502 lies in Pottawattamie County.

What area code is 51502?

Council Bluffs uses area code 712, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 51502 in?

51502 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 51502?

The closest are 51501 (2.6 mi), 68110 (3.3 mi), 51510 (3.4 mi), 68102 (3.7 mi) and 68101 (4 mi).

Is 51502 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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