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.

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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.

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, 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.

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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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