Fowler, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fowler, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,856. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet FOWLER-CO · Fowler, CO 1 ZIPs · 1,856 pop · #22581/25278 · Otero County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $47,143
- RANK-BOTTOM #22581/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Manzanola
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 66% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,856
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $155,000
Nearest income peer: Manzanola, CO (+ $1,493 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 Fowler
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fowler on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Cheraw · lowest
Cheraw · lowest
$40,625 median HH income
- Fowler · this city
Fowler · this city
$47,143 median HH income
- Manzanola · near
Manzanola · near
$48,636 median HH income
- Swink · near
Swink · near
$48,897 median HH income
- Rocky Ford · near
Rocky Ford · near
$50,028 median HH income
- La Junta · highest
La Junta · highest
$57,180 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, Fowler, 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.
- 11th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,856
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $47,143
- 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 ($47,143 average) · poverty 16.1%. The primary code (81039) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Fowler as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, La Jara is the closest lower-income city and Springfield the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fowler.
ZIP Codes in Fowler, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Otero County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fowler. See the Otero County roll-up →
Fowler sits in the lower half of Otero County on income: La Junta, Rocky Ford and Manzanola report more, and only Cheraw reports less. La Junta marks the far end of that range at $57,180, 21% above Fowler.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81039 | 1,856 | 1 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Fowler, 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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