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Thornton, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Thornton, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 31,746. 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 THORNTON-CO · Thornton, CO 1 ZIPs · 31,746 pop · #3056/25278 · Adams County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $110,218
  • RANK-TOP #3056/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Strasburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-SMALL 31,746
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $542,100

Nearest income peer: Strasburg, CO (+ $1,310 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 Thornton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Thornton 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, Thornton, CO sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
31,746
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,218
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 $110,218 and home value $542,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 40.5%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Thornton as a pure owner town.

Within Colorado, Carbondale is the closest lower-income city and Hayden the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Thornton.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 80241, is all of Thornton

There is no split to weigh here: 80241 holds every one of Thornton's 31,746 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Thornton

Citywide ZBP: 462 establishments, 4,946 employees , annual payroll $337,244k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 80241 (462 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (84) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Thornton, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Adams County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Thornton. See the Adams County roll-up →

Thornton lands mid-pack among the 8 cities sharing Adams County: Brighton, Henderson and Bennett earn more and Denver, Aurora and Westminster earn less. Denver marks the far end of that range at $82,862, 25% below Thornton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
80241 31,746 $110,218 462 1,856
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Thornton 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 Thornton, .