Walsenburg, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Walsenburg, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,602. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet WALSENBURG-CO · Walsenburg, CO 1 ZIPs · 4,602 pop · #20986/25278 · Huerfano County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $52,280
- RANK-BOTTOM #20986/25278
- BELOW-PEER under La Veta
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 72% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 4,602
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $191,800
Nearest income peer: La Veta, CO (+ $2,800 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 Walsenburg
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Walsenburg on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Gardner · lowest
Gardner · lowest
$30,978 median HH income
- Walsenburg · this city
Walsenburg · this city
$52,280 median HH income
- La Veta · highest
La Veta · highest
$55,080 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, Walsenburg, CO sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 17th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 4,602
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $52,280
- 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 ($52,280 average) · poverty 20.2%. The primary code (81089) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Walsenburg as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, Yuma is the closest lower-income city and Julesburg the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Walsenburg.
ZIP Codes in Walsenburg, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Huerfano County, which covers 3 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Walsenburg. See the Huerfano County roll-up →
Walsenburg lands mid-pack among the 2 cities sharing Huerfano County: La Veta earns more and Gardner earns less. Gardner marks the far end of that range at $30,978, 41% below Walsenburg.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81089 | 4,602 | 3 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Walsenburg, 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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