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80524

ZIP 80524 is in Fort Collins, Colorado, mostly in Larimer County; area code 970; Mountain time. Fort Collins has 9 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Larimer +1 more
Population
40,030
Coordinates
40.6469, -105.0295
☼ Live from 80524 — Fort Collins, CO

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Where 80524 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 80524
  • 🔢 Type 80524 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZSOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,524 = 2 × 2 × 41 × 491. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011101010001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80523 (Fort Collins, CO, 5 mi away) and 80525 (Fort Collins, CO, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80524 becomes 42508, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02458, 02584, 04258, 04285, 04852, 05482, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04852 in Monhegan, ME, 1,826 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯345 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80524 and you would come out at 40.65°S, 74.97°E — 644 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 122.7 square miles of land, 80524 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 93 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,030This ZIP40,030
Households17,399This ZIP17,399
Housing units18,180This ZIP18,180
Median age35.9This ZIP35.9Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$85,035This ZIP$85,035Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median home value$561,400This ZIP$561,400Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,697This ZIP$1,697Colorado$1,761US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.8%This ZIP52.8%
Mean commute21.9 minThis ZIP21.9 min
Population density326.2 / sq miThis ZIP326.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,113This ZIP2,113
Employees26,770This ZIP26,770
Annual payroll$1,606,699,000This ZIP$1,606,699,000
Tax returns filed20,110This ZIP20,110
Total adjusted gross income$1,982,857,000This ZIP$1,982,857,000

Land area

Land area122.71 sq miThis ZIP122.71 sq mi
Water area9.44 sq miThis ZIP9.44 sq mi

Counties 80524 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Larimer County 75.6%
Weld County 24.4%

Other place names in 80524

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 80524

ZIPCityDistance
80522 Fort Collins, CO 1.5 mi
80523 Fort Collins, CO 5.1 mi
80527 Fort Collins, CO 5.1 mi
80553 Fort Collins, CO 5.1 mi
80521 Fort Collins, CO 6.3 mi
80525 Fort Collins, CO 8.3 mi
80547 Timnath, CO 9.0 mi
80526 Fort Collins, CO 10.1 mi
80528 Fort Collins, CO 10.3 mi
80535 Laporte, CO 10.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80524?

80524 is in Fort Collins, Colorado, in Larimer County, part of the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6469, -105.0295.

What county is 80524 in?

80524 spans 2 counties: Larimer County and Weld County. Most of it falls in Larimer County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 80524?

Fort Collins uses area code 970, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 80524 in?

80524 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 80524?

About 40,030 people live in ZIP code 80524, in 17,399 households, at 326.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 80524?

$85,035 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 80524?

The closest are 80522 (1.5 mi), 80523 (5.1 mi), 80527 (5.1 mi), 80553 (5.1 mi) and 80521 (6.3 mi).

Is 80524 a PO Box ZIP code?

80524 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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