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Larimer County, CO

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 17 ZIP codes inside Larimer County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
17
in this county
Total population
345,178
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
12
distinct city/town names
Avg density
235
people / sq mi
Avg median income
—
household, ACS
Avg home value
—
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Larimer County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
80525 Fort Collins 54,980 909 $93,349
80538 Loveland 49,879 189 $85,057
80526 Fort Collins 44,566 538 $89,098
80537 Loveland 43,256 137 $83,746
80521 Fort Collins 37,867 1,043 $52,679
80524 Fort Collins 37,236 117 $84,440
80528 Fort Collins 23,352 488 $122,133
80513 Berthoud 15,408 83 $117,024
80549 Wellington 13,582 28 $103,760
80517 Estes Park 10,675 14 $89,659
80547 Timnath 6,289 428 $171,971
80535 Laporte 2,263 15 $98,056
80536 Livermore 2,137 2 $103,819
80512 Bellvue 1,728 1 $84,856
80545 Red Feather Lakes 1,076 2 $91,500
80515 Drake 646 5 $79,896
80532 Glen Haven 238 3 $50,542

About Larimer County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Larimer County in Colorado contains roughly 17 ZIP codes spread across 12 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 345,178. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Colorado index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 235, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Larimer County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Larimer County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.