| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 719 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:31 PM |
| Population: | 3,440 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 08009 |
| Land Area: | 2,589 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 37.3509, -102.5413 |
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3,440 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 2,589 sq mi, served by 6 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,809 to 3,440 from 2014 to 2024 — a -9.7% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 81073 (Springfield, $47,167 median) and poorest ZIP 81029 (Campo, $46,250) are 23.0 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.7× across this county — from $93,800 in 81087 (Vilas) to $155,100 in 81090 (Walsh).
Educational attainment ranges from 16.2% bachelor's+ in 81087 (Vilas) to 31.1% in 81064 (Pritchett) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Colorado, this is the #57 most populous of 65 counties and ranks #62 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $46,878 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
24.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (625 of 2,516 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Baca County lost 9.7% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: