| City: | Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Names to Avoid: | Colorado State University |
| County: | Larimer County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:00:48 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 748 / 970 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 40.5735, -105.0874 |
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Colorado State University operates under dedicated ZIP code 80523 in Fort Collins, Larimer County. Founded in 1870 as Colorado Agricultural College and taking its current name in 1957, CSU is the flagship campus of the Colorado State University System. This public land-grant research university enrolls approximately 34,000 students and employs about 1,500 faculty across 8 colleges and 55 academic departments. CSU holds R1 research classification, spending $498.1 million on research and development in fiscal year 2023.
Postal records show 179 delivery codes routing to the campus delivery system. Located 0.2 miles from Fort Collins' University North neighborhood and approximately 60 miles north of Denver, the university anchors the northern Colorado region. Census Business Patterns indicates 12 establishments and 95 employees associated with this ZIP. Census demographic data is not available, suggesting this ZIP serves primarily academic and administrative buildings rather than residential halls. Fort Collins serves as the valid mailing city for correspondence to CSU.
| Establishments: | 12 |
| Employment: | 95 |
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 80523 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 16 business establishments, employing about 124 people with an annual payroll of $6,095,000. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 1 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 1Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 16Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,385,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $6,095,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 124Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 80523 is located in Larimer County, Colorado, within the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 22660) and Colorado's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 299,630 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 80523. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Fort Collins-Loveland, COSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 22660Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 299,630Source: Census |
| MSA: | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 7535.34 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 0827425Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Fort Collins city; ColoradoSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 80523 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.