| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 719 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:33 PM |
| Population: | 1,386 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 08061 |
| Land Area: | 1,949 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 19 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 38.4717, -102.9102 |
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1,386 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,949 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 1,407 to 1,386 from 2014 to 2024 — a -1.5% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 81036 (Eads, $59,868 median) and poorest ZIP 81071 (Sheridan Lake, $53,558) are 26.8 miles apart — a 1.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.5× across this county — from $112,500 in 81045 (Haswell) to $173,300 in 81036 (Eads).
Educational attainment ranges from 17.2% bachelor's+ in 81036 (Eads) to 33.5% in 81071 (Sheridan Lake) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Colorado, this is the #61 most populous of 65 counties and ranks #51 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $58,438 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
19.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (199 of 999 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 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.