| City: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| City Alias: | Ft Lauderdale, Plantation |
| County: | Broward County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:35:03 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 305 / 645 / 754 / 786 / 954 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 26.1216, -80.1439 |
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The facility maintains 627 PO Boxes alongside a limited street delivery route covering 179 delivery points on NW 5th Street. This configuration suggests an institutional or specialized delivery pattern rather than traditional residential coverage. The military classification signal comes from the "FORT" prefix in the primary city name, though the actual service area appears focused on a specific facility or complex rather than a major base.
Mail delivery here follows an urban carrier model with unit-based addressing on the single street route. The 410 business locations registered to this ZIP indicate commercial adoption of the PO Box service, likely from enterprises operating in the adjacent Plantation neighborhoods of Lakes of Newport and Windmill Village.
This ZIP doesn't serve a residential community in the traditional sense. It functions as a specialized postal node within Broward County's extensive delivery network, with the surrounding area receiving standard home delivery through neighboring ZIP 33317. The configuration reflects how postal services adapt to meet specific operational needs rather than simply following municipal boundaries.
Only one street route exists in this ZIP, suggesting a facility-specific delivery zone rather than a traditional neighborhood. The NW 5th Street route uses unit-based addressing for 179 delivery points.
ZIP Code 33318 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 13 business establishments, employing about 25 people with an annual payroll of $612,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,895Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 13Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $198,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $612,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 25Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 33318 is located in Broward County, Florida, within the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 33100) and Florida's 20th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 5,564,635 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 33318, and is subdivided into the Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise, FL division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 33100Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise, FL (CBSA Div 22744)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 5,564,635Source: Census |
| MSA: | Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 20Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2427.42 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1224000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Fort Lauderdale city; FloridaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 33318 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.