| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 719 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:34 PM |
| Population: | 14,520 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 08105 |
| Land Area: | 1,706 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 37.6633, -106.2826 |
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14,520 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,706 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 14,912 to 14,520 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.6% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 81154 (South Fork, $77,177 median) and poorest ZIP 81132 (Del Norte, $55,000) are 19.0 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.4× across this county — from $148,700 in 81125 (Center) to $511,300 in 81154 (South Fork).
Density varies 6× across the county — from 4 people/sq mi in 81154 (South Fork) to 21 in 81144 (Monte Vista).
Educational attainment ranges from 27.4% bachelor's+ in 81125 (Center) to 48.2% in 81154 (South Fork) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Colorado, this is the #32 most populous of 65 counties and ranks #45 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $61,725 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
33.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (3,502 of 10,553 reporting).
4 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.