Rocky Ford, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rocky Ford, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,670. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet ROCKY-FORD-CO · Rocky Ford, CO 1 ZIPs · 5,670 pop · #21756/25278 · Otero County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $50,028
- RANK-BOTTOM #21756/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Swink
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-LOW 63% owners
- POP-TOWN 5,670
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $154,800
Nearest income peer: Swink, CO ( $1,131 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 Rocky Ford
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rocky Ford on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Cheraw · lowest
Cheraw · lowest
$40,625 median HH income
- Fowler · near
Fowler · near
$47,143 median HH income
- Manzanola · near
Manzanola · near
$48,636 median HH income
- Swink · near
Swink · near
$48,897 median HH income
- Rocky Ford · this city
Rocky Ford · this city
$50,028 median HH income
- La Junta · highest
La Junta · highest
$57,180 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, Rocky Ford, CO sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 14th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 5,670
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $50,028
- 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 ($50,028 average) · poverty 25.1%. The primary code (81067) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (63.3%) for this income tier, rent $930 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Colorado, Ordway is the closest lower-income city and Weston the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rocky Ford.
ZIP Codes in Rocky Ford, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Otero County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rocky Ford. See the Otero County roll-up →
Rocky Ford sits in the upper half of Otero County on income: Fowler, Manzanola and Cheraw report less, while La Junta reports more. Cheraw marks the far end of that range at $40,625, 19% below Rocky Ford.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81067 | 5,670 | 8 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Rocky Ford, 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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