| City: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| County: | Norfolk City County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:12:41 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 757 / 948 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 36.8511, -76.2784 |
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The facility operates as Norfolk's central mail processing hub. The building list reveals the operational scope: plant managers, distribution operations, vehicle maintenance facilities, and sorting centers. What appears as 43 "buildings" in postal records actually represents different departments and administrative units within the Church Street complex. This is where mail gets sorted before carriers deliver it across Norfolk's residential neighborhoods.
The minimal street list confirms this is a postal facility ZIP rather than a delivery area, with Church Street hosting the public-facing post office and a modern smart locker system for parcel pickup.
ZIP Code 23501 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 16 business establishments, employing about 160 people with an annual payroll of $10,607,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 678Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 16Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,444,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $10,607,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 160Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 23501 is located in Norfolk City County, Virginia, within the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47260) and Virginia's 3rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,671,683 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 23501. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 47260Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,671,683Source: Census |
| MSA: | Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NCSource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 947.1 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 5157000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Norfolk city; VirginiaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 23501 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.