Sterling, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sterling, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 18,857. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet STERLING-CO · Sterling, CO 1 ZIPs · 18,857 pop · #22203/25278 · Logan County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $48,682
- RANK-BOTTOM #22203/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crook
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-LOW 63% owners
- POP-TOWN 18,857
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $252,900
Nearest income peer: Crook, CO ( $626 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 Sterling
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sterling on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Padroni · lowest $21,136
Padroni · lowest
$21,136 median HH income
- Crook · near
Crook · near
$48,056 median HH income
- Sterling · this city
Sterling · this city
$48,682 median HH income
- Fleming · near
Fleming · near
$67,863 median HH income
- Haxtun · near
Haxtun · near
$74,375 median HH income
- Atwood · highest
Atwood · highest
$116,528 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, Sterling, 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.
- 12th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 18,857
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $48,682
- 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 ($48,682 average) · poverty 17.7%. The primary code (80751) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (63.0%) for this income tier, rent $1,008 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Colorado, Manzanola is the closest lower-income city and Grover the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sterling.
ZIP Codes in Sterling, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Logan County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sterling. See the Logan County roll-up →
Sterling sits in the lower half of Logan County on income: Haxtun, Merino and Fleming report more, and only Padroni reports less. Atwood marks the far end of that range at $116,528, 139% above Sterling.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80751 | 18,857 | 16 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Sterling, 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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