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Penrose, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Penrose, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,323. 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 PENROSE-CO · Penrose, CO 1 ZIPs · 4,323 pop · #6325/25278 · Fremont County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $90,417
  • RANK-UPPER #6325/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Canon City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,323
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $341,400

Nearest income peer: Canon City, CO ( $26,182 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 Penrose

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Penrose 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 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Penrose, CO sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,323
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$90,417
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $90,417 and home value $341,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 34.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Penrose as a pure owner town.

Within Colorado, Fort Lupton is the closest lower-income city and Ramah the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Penrose.

Population concentration

Penrose reads through its lone ZIP, 81240

4,323 ACS residents, one ZIP: 81240 is not the leading code inside Penrose, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Penrose's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 103 establishments, 590 employees , annual payroll $24,800k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 81240 (103 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (21) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Penrose, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Fremont County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Penrose. See the Fremont County roll-up →

No other city sharing Fremont County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Penrose. Canon City, Florence and Cotopaxi sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Coal Creek marks the far end of that range at $34,000, 62% below Penrose.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
81240 4,323 $90,417 103 11
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Penrose roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Penrose, .