Nucla, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Nucla, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,239. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet NUCLA-CO · Nucla, CO 1 ZIPs · 1,239 pop · #23933/25278 · Montrose County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-LOW $39,960
- RANK-BOTTOM #23933/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Naturita
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 68% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,239
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $206,000
Nearest income peer: Naturita, CO ( $12,043 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 Nucla
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Nucla on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Naturita · lowest $27,917
Naturita · lowest
$27,917 median HH income
- Nucla · this city
Nucla · this city
$39,960 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
- 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, Nucla, CO sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 5th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,239
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $39,960
- 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.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($39,960 average) · poverty 6.7%. The primary code (81424) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Nucla as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, Trinchera is the closest lower-income city and Cheraw the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Nucla.
ZIP Codes in Nucla, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Montrose County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Nucla. See the Montrose County roll-up →
Nucla sits in the lower half of Montrose County on income: Montrose, Olathe and Redvale report more, and only Naturita reports less. Redvale marks the far end of that range at $83,304, 108% above Nucla.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81424 | 1,239 | 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 Nucla, 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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