Gunnison, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gunnison, CO: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 9,790. 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 GUNNISON-CO · Gunnison, CO 2 ZIPs · 9,790 pop · #10005/25278 · Gunnison County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $77,942
  • RANK-UPPER #10005/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Powderhorn
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-LOW 62% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,790
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $533,200

Nearest income peer: Powderhorn, CO ( $4,306 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 Gunnison

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gunnison 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Gunnison, CO sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 40%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,790
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$77,942
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 (2) - lead code 81230 (9,075 residents). Household income $77,942 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (61.5%) for this income tier, rent $1,203 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Colorado, South Fork is the closest lower-income city and New Castle the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gunnison.

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ZIP Codes in Gunnison, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Gunnison County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Gunnison. See the Gunnison County roll-up →

Gunnison sits in the lower half of Gunnison County on income: Crested Butte, Somerset and Cimarron report more, and only Powderhorn reports less. Cimarron marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 221% above Gunnison.

Side-by-side: Compare 81230 vs 81231 →

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
81230 9,075 2 America/Denver
81231 715 4,399 America/Denver

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Gunnison, 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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