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.
Source:
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.
- Naturita · lowest $27,917
Naturita · lowest
$27,917 median HH income
- Bedrock · near
Bedrock · near
$59,375 median HH income
- Paradox · near
Paradox · near
$69,000 median HH income
- Olathe · near
Olathe · near
$73,682 median HH income
- Montrose · this city
Montrose · this city
$76,090 median HH income
- Redvale · highest
Redvale · highest
$83,304 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, 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×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 1 points
81401 to 81403
81401 to 81403
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.
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 →
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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