Bayfield, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bayfield, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,228. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BAYFIELD-CO · Bayfield, CO 1 ZIPs · 8,228 pop · #5565/25278 · La Plata County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $93,714
  • RANK-UPPER #5565/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Durango
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,228
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $459,800

Nearest income peer: Durango, CO ( $7,691 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Bayfield

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bayfield on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Bayfield, CO sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,228
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,714
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $93,714 and home value $459,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 43.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Bayfield as a pure owner town.

Within Colorado, Red Feather Lakes is the closest lower-income city and Cascade the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bayfield.

Population concentration

Bayfield reads through its lone ZIP, 81122

8,228 ACS residents, one ZIP: 81122 is not the leading code inside Bayfield, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Bayfield's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 225 establishments, 1,397 employees , annual payroll $94,838k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 81122 (225 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (54) · also Other services (except public administration) · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Bayfield, CO

These ZIP codes sit in La Plata County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bayfield. See the La Plata County roll-up →

No other city sharing La Plata County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Bayfield. Durango, Ignacio and Hesperus sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Ignacio marks the far end of that range at $63,860, 32% below Bayfield.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
81122 8,228 $93,714 225 6

Bayfield roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Bayfield, .