Montrose, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Montrose, CO: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 32,971. 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 MONTROSE-CO · Montrose, CO 2 ZIPs · 32,971 pop · #10678/25278 · Montrose County

INC-HIGH · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $76,090
  • RANK-MID #10678/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Olathe
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-SMALL 32,971
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 81401→81403
  • HOME-HIGH $444,800

Nearest income peer: Olathe, CO ( $2,408 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 Montrose

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Montrose 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, Montrose, CO sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 42%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
32,971
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$76,090
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 81401 (22,437 residents). Household income $76,090 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Montrose as a pure owner town.

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

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Montrose differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Montrose: $71,286 in ZIP 81401 to $80,893 in 81403. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.1×

81401 to 81403

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.4×

81401 to 81403

Poverty-rate spread
1 points

81403 to 81401

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

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ZIP Codes in Montrose, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Montrose County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Montrose. See the Montrose County roll-up →

Montrose sits in the upper half of Montrose County on income: Olathe, Nucla and Naturita report less, while Redvale reports more. Naturita marks the far end of that range at $27,917, 63% below Montrose.

Side-by-side: Compare 81401 vs 81403 →

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
81401 22,437 37 America/Denver
81403 10,534 7 America/Denver

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