PlainZIP

Delta, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Delta, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 13,874. 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 DELTA-CO · Delta, CO 1 ZIPs · 13,874 pop · #21696/25278 · Delta County

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

  • INC-MID $50,243
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21696/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Eckert
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-TOWN 13,874
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $319,400

Nearest income peer: Eckert, CO (+ $4,174 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 Delta

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Delta 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, Delta, 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
13,874
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,243
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 ($50,243 average) · poverty 15.8%. The primary code (81416) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Delta as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Delta reads through its lone ZIP, 81416

13,874 ACS residents, one ZIP: 81416 is not the leading code inside Delta, 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 Delta's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 436 establishments, 4,006 employees , annual payroll $185,524k (~31 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 81416 (436 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (69) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Delta, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Delta County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Delta. See the Delta County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Delta County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Delta, Cedaredge, Hotchkiss and Paonia among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Paonia marks the far end of that range at $75,799, 51% above Delta.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
81416 13,874 $50,243 436 16
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Delta 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 Delta, .