Fort Lyon, CO · standard
ZIP Code 81038
Bent County, Colorado - USPS delivery-area record. The Census publishes no ACS estimates for this ZIP, so no demographic or housing figures are shown.
- 486
- 1,621/sq mi
National ZIP placement
Fort Lyon has 486 residents, placing it in the 18th percentile of the 32,959 US ZIP codes with a reported population, at 1,621 people per square mile.
Source: USPS ZIP record + U.S. Census Bureau ZIP population. Rank compares ZIP 81038 against every US ZIP with a reported population; income/home-value percentiles are not available for this ZIP.
ZIP code 81038 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Fort Lyon, Bent County, Colorado, home to just 486 residents across 0.3 square miles, a density of 1,621 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
The Census Bureau publishes no American Community Survey estimates for this ZIP, so there are no income, poverty, housing or education figures to report here. That is normal for ZIPs with very few households, and for PO-box and single-delivery-point codes: the ACS withholds estimates rather than publish unreliable ones. What is shown above comes from the USPS delivery-area record itself. The page also surfaces 1 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 3 more in Bent County, so 81038 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
This page carries no survey figures; where they exist on other ZIPs they come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
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 81038, Fort Lyon, 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
486
Population
0.3
Area (sq mi)
1,621
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 81038 vs 81054 →
| ZIP Code | City | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81054 | Las Animas, CO | 5,134 | 10.1 mi |