| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 970 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:52:52 PM |
| Population: | 2,299 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 08115 |
| Land Area: | 546 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 40.8656, -102.3625 |
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2,299 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 546 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,357 to 2,299 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 80749 (Sedgwick, $85,417 median) and poorest ZIP 80744 (Ovid, $50,588) are 10.6 miles apart — a 1.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $127,100 in 80744 (Ovid) to $161,700 in 80737 (Julesburg).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 80749 (Sedgwick) to 6 in 80737 (Julesburg).
Educational attainment ranges from 23.0% bachelor's+ in 80749 (Sedgwick) to 30.2% in 80744 (Ovid) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Colorado, this is the #59 most populous of 65 counties and ranks #46 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $55,768 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
27.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (437 of 1,620 reporting).
3 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.