| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 970 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:52:51 PM |
| Population: | 1,372 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 08057 |
| Land Area: | 1,737 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 40.6295, -106.3009 |
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1,372 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,737 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 1,389 to 1,224 from 2014 to 2024 — a -11.9% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 80430 (Coalmont, $64,338 median) and poorest ZIP 80473 (Rand, $30,735) are 16.7 miles apart — a 2.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.5× across this county — from $230,700 in 80480 (Walden) to $346,600 in 80430 (Coalmont).
Density varies 3× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 80430 (Coalmont) to 1 in 80480 (Walden).
Educational attainment ranges from 10.7% bachelor's+ in 80430 (Coalmont) to 37.1% in 80480 (Walden) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Colorado, this is the #62 most populous of 65 counties and ranks #61 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $49,990 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
31.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (342 of 1,094 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 2 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.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.