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Vail, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Vail, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,581. 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 VAIL-CO · Vail, CO 1 ZIPs · 5,581 pop · #4363/25278 · Eagle County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-HIGH $100,573
  • RANK-TOP #4363/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Minturn
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 61% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,581
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $1,501,800

Nearest income peer: Minturn, CO (+ $1,466 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 Vail

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

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,581
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$100,573
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 $100,573 and home value $1,501,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 69.4%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (61.4%) for this income tier, rent $1,644 may matter more than the home-value average.

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

Population concentration

Vail's single ZIP 81657 carries the town

Vail is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 81657 is the entire residential footprint (5,581 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Vail's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 506 establishments, 12,658 employees , annual payroll $745,855k (~91 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 81657 (506 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (113) · also Accommodation and food services · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Vail, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Eagle County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Vail. See the Eagle County roll-up →

Vail sits in the lower half of Eagle County on income: Eagle, Gypsum and Basalt report more, Edwards and Burns report less. Wolcott marks the far end of that range at $125,539, 25% above Vail.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
81657 5,581 $100,573 506 19
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Vail 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 Vail, .