ZIP 80525
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
November. Asking rents in ZIP 80525 usually run 1.8% below trend in November and 1.6% above it in July, about $63 a month apart at today's median. Based on 9 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 80525 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2017.
Rent in ZIP 80525 changed +2.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 155 Colorado ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.3%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 80525 rose 33.2% while median household income rose 25% ($73,289 to $91,636). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 80525 is 34.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 3 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($91,636) is $2,291 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,900); a 3-bedroom is $2,620.
1st cheapest of 5 ZIP codes in Fort Collins.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 80525. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 80525 (Fort Collins, CO) is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 60.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 80525 in Fort Collins, CO has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 80525 in Fort Collins, CO has shifted from $1,432 to $1,853, up 29.4% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $81,531 to $91,636 between 2021 and 2024, a 12.4% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 80525 in Fort Collins, CO losing about 769 residents over the five-year window, down 1.4% on net. The renter share has risen from 38.6% to 41.6%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 56.1% to 60.5% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 80525 in Fort Collins, CO reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 80525 covers Fort Collins, CO. The median rent here is $1,853/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,690/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,900/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($91,636/yr), ZIP 80525 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.3% over the past year.
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At $1,853/mo, rent takes ~24% of ZIP 80525's median household income ($91,636/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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