| City: | Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| City Alias: | Council Blfs |
| Names to Avoid: | Co Bluffs |
| County: | Pottawattamie County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:16:19 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 712 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 41.2727, -95.7975 |
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The facility supports 265 business locations, creating a ratio of roughly one box per business customer. Residents who live in this area receive their street mail through neighboring ZIP code 51503, which provides the carrier delivery services. This arrangement is typical for post offices that separate PO Box operations from residential street delivery, allowing the facility to specialize in box rental services while nearby ZIPs handle home delivery.
No street delivery routes exist within this ZIP code. All mail service is provided through PO Boxes at the postal facility.
ZIP Code 51502 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 12 business establishments, employing about 188 people with an annual payroll of $14,695,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 3,031Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 12Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $3,659,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $14,695,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 188Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 51502 is located in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, within the Omaha, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 36540) and Iowa's 4th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 865,350 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 51502. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Omaha, NE-IASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 36540Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 865,350Source: Census |
| MSA: | Omaha, NE-IA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 04Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 22756.75 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1916860Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Council Bluffs city; IowaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 51502 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 March 1, 2026.