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Council Bluffs, IA ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name Council Bluffs, Iowa (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $59,843 in 51501 to $79,010 in 51503, 1.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Council Bluffs's most populous ZIP code is 51503, with 37,972 people (ACS 2020-2024); 16% of its land is in the city of Council Bluffs.

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Where are Council Bluffs's ZIP codes?

51501: $60k median household income51503: $79k median household income515035150151501: $60k median household income51503: $79k median household income515035150151501: $60k median household income51503: $79k median household income5150351501
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Council Bluffs, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Council Bluffs's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 51503 ($79,010), the lowest in 51501 ($59,843). Home values run from $152,400 in 51501 to $262,300 in 51503.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Council Bluffs

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Council Bluffs, IA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
51503 Pottawattamie County 37,972 312 $79k $262k
51501 Pottawattamie County 34,618 1,446 $60k $152k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Council Bluffs

1 ZIP code named Council Bluffs has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Council Bluffs, IA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
51502Pottawattamie County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Council Bluffs's ZIP codes reach?

Council Bluffs's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Pottawattamie County (2 ZIP codes mainly there), Mills County (part of a ZIP code).

Which first three digits do Council Bluffs's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Council Bluffs starts with 515.

Three-digit prefixes of Council Bluffs's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Council Bluffs's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
515 Omaha, NE (SCF 680) 3 57

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.