Lamar, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lamar, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,534. 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 LAMAR-CO · Lamar, CO 1 ZIPs · 9,534 pop · #18380/25278 · Prowers County

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

  • INC-MID $58,875
  • RANK-LOWER #18380/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Wiley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,534
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $158,800

Nearest income peer: Wiley, CO (+ $7,844 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 Lamar

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

27th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,534
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$58,875
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 $58,875 and poverty 19.4% concentrate in 81052.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lamar as a pure owner town.

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

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ZIP Codes in Lamar, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Prowers County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lamar. See the Prowers County roll-up →

Lamar sits in the upper half of Prowers County on income: Holly, Granada and Hartman report less, while Wiley reports more. Hartman marks the far end of that range at $12,955, 78% below Lamar.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
81052 9,534 6 America/Denver

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