Amherst, CO · standard
ZIP Code 80721
Phillips County, Colorado - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 154
- 1/sq mi
- $104,167
- Median income
- $326,100
- Median home value
- 11.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Amherst pairs an upper-quartile household income with above-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 17%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 30%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 74%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 80721 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 80721 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Amherst, Phillips County, Colorado, home to just 154 residents across 220.0 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
ZIP 80721 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $104,167 (17% above the average Colorado ZIP), while per-capita income is $22,735. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 0.0% and unemployment is 0.0%. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $326,100 (33% below the average Colorado ZIP); owner occupancy is 74.3%.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 22.1, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Colorado and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 80721.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 80721, Amherst, CO · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
154
Population
220.0
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 80721?
22.1
Median Age
57.2%
Male
42.8%
Female
14.8%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$104,167
Median Household Income
+17% vs state ZIP avg
$22,735
Per Capita Income
0.0%
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
70housing units
70
Total Housing Units
70
Occupied Units
0
Vacant Units
3.67
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$326,100
Median Home Value
-33% vs state ZIP avg
1938
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 80721, both outside CO so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.