Merino, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Merino, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 935. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MERINO-CO · Merino, CO 1 ZIPs · 935 pop · #7654/25278 · Logan County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $85,227
- RANK-UPPER #7654/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Iliff
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 80% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 935
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $261,500
Nearest income peer: Iliff, CO ( $6,031 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 Merino
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Merino on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Padroni · lowest $21,136
Padroni · lowest
$21,136 median HH income
- Fleming · near
Fleming · near
$67,863 median HH income
- Haxtun · near
Haxtun · near
$74,375 median HH income
- Peetz · near
Peetz · near
$78,750 median HH income
- Iliff · near
Iliff · near
$79,196 median HH income
- Merino · this city
Merino · this city
$85,227 median HH income
- Atwood · highest
Atwood · highest
$116,528 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, Merino, CO sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 30%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 935
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $85,227
- 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 (1) - lead code 80741 (935 residents). Household income $85,227 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Merino as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, Yampa is the closest lower-income city and Sedgwick the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Merino.
ZIP Codes in Merino, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Logan County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Merino. See the Logan County roll-up →
Merino sits in the upper half of Logan County on income: Sterling, Haxtun and Fleming report less, while Atwood reports more. Padroni marks the far end of that range at $21,136, 75% below Merino.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80741 | 935 | 2 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Merino, 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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