PlainZIP

Clifton, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Clifton, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 13,447. 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 CLIFTON-CO · Clifton, CO 1 ZIPs · 13,447 pop · #21679/25278 · Mesa County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $50,283
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21679/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under De Beque
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-TOWN 13,447
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $249,600

Nearest income peer: De Beque, CO (+ $14,592 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 Clifton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Clifton 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, Clifton, CO sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
13,447
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,283
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 ($50,283 average) · poverty 20.9%. The primary code (81520) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Clifton as a pure owner town.

Within Colorado, Delta is the closest lower-income city and Ovid the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Clifton.

Population concentration

Clifton's single ZIP 81520 carries the town

Clifton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 81520 is the entire residential footprint (13,447 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Clifton

Citywide ZBP: 172 establishments, 1,545 employees , annual payroll $52,494k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 81520 (172 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (39) · also Accommodation and food services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Clifton, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Mesa County, which covers 18 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Clifton. See the Mesa County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Mesa County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Clifton, Grand Junction, Fruita and Palisade among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Mack marks the far end of that range at $113,796, 126% above Clifton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
81520 13,447 $50,283 172 251
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Clifton 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 Clifton, .