Center, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Center, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,447. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CENTER-CO · Center, CO 1 ZIPs · 3,447 pop · #19543/25278 · Saguache County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $56,250
- RANK-LOWER #19543/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saguache
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 71% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 3,447
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $148,700
Nearest income peer: Saguache, CO (+ $769 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 Center
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Center on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Moffat · lowest
Moffat · lowest
$30,915 median HH income
- Crestone · near
Crestone · near
$45,156 median HH income
- Center · this city
Center · this city
$56,250 median HH income
- Saguache · near
Saguache · near
$57,019 median HH income
- Villa Grove · highest
Villa Grove · highest
$75,000 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, Center, CO sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 23rd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 3,447
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $56,250
- 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.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($56,250 average) · poverty 16.3%. The primary code (81125) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Center as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, Beulah is the closest lower-income city and Genoa the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Center.
ZIP Codes in Center, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Saguache County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Center. See the Saguache County roll-up →
Center sits in the upper half of Saguache County on income: Crestone and Moffat report less, while Villa Grove reports more. Moffat marks the far end of that range at $30,915, 45% below Center.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81125 | 3,447 | 5 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Center, 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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