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.

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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.

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, 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.

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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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