Kit Carson, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kit Carson, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 422. 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 KIT-CARSON-CO · Kit Carson, CO 1 ZIPs · 422 pop · #13781/25278 · Cheyenne County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $68,750
  • RANK-MID #13781/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Cheyenne Wells
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 422
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $189,600

Nearest income peer: Cheyenne Wells, CO (+ $3,793 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 Kit Carson

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Kit Carson 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, Kit Carson, CO sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

45th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
422
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$68,750
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $68,750 and poverty 2.0% concentrate in 80825.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Kit Carson as a pure owner town.

Within Colorado, Greeley is the closest lower-income city and Paradox the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kit Carson.

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ZIP Codes in Kit Carson, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Cheyenne County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Kit Carson. See the Cheyenne County roll-up →

Kit Carson lands mid-pack among the 2 cities sharing Cheyenne County: Cheyenne Wells earns more and Arapahoe earns less. Arapahoe marks the far end of that range at $48,571, 29% below Kit Carson.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
80825 422 0 America/Denver

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