Buena Vista, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Buena Vista, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,623. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BUENA-VISTA-CO · Buena Vista, CO 1 ZIPs · 7,623 pop · #6852/25278 · Chaffee County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH
- INC-HIGH $88,083
- RANK-UPPER #6852/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Poncha Springs
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 73% owners
- POP-TOWN 7,623
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-HIGH $677,400
Nearest income peer: Poncha Springs, CO (+ $7,782 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 Buena Vista
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Buena Vista on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Salida · lowest
Salida · lowest
$80,248 median HH income
- Buena Vista · this city
Buena Vista · this city
$88,083 median HH income
- Poncha Springs · near
Poncha Springs · near
$95,865 median HH income
- Nathrop · highest
Nathrop · highest
$98,170 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Buena Vista, CO sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 27%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 7,623
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $88,083
- 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.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 81211 (7,623 residents). Household income $88,083 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Buena Vista as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, Kremmling is the closest lower-income city and Lake George the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Buena Vista.
ZIP Codes in Buena Vista, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Chaffee County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Buena Vista. See the Chaffee County roll-up →
Buena Vista sits in the lower half of Chaffee County on income: Nathrop and Poncha Springs report more, and only Salida reports less. Nathrop marks the far end of that range at $98,170, 11% above Buena Vista.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81211 | 7,623 | 6 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Buena Vista, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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