Lake
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Colorado
Lake is a sparsely populated county in Colorado with 2 ZIP codes, 7,310 people, and top-decile household income among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.
National county placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lake, CO sits among US counties with a top-decile household income, on a sparsely populated county population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 7%
- household income vs 3,210 US counties
- 7,310
- combined ZIP population
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $100,688
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.
Lake lands in the national county income distribution as top-decile household income on sparsely populated county footing (FIPS 08065, 2 ZIPs, combined population 7,310). On this short ZIP list the county page is mainly the FIPS bridge - household ACS fields live on the primary ZIP.
High income on only 2 ZIPs: the county page and the ZIP page nearly describe the same place. Prefer the ZIP detail for ACS household fields; keep this page for the FIPS join to county-level rents and crime tables.
Population sits in the five-to-twenty-five thousand band with few ZIPs - still ZIP-first for household fields, but the county seat ZIP (usually the densest row) is worth a second glance before the FIPS overlays.
Within Colorado, Denver is the closest lower-income county and Arapahoe the closest higher-income county by average ZIP household income. Their 26 and 20 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lake. Use those locations as statewide context before treating the county average as a local-market answer.
2
Total ZIPs
7,310
Total Population
ZIP Codes in Lake
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Data sources
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). Verify with HUD →
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