Chromo, CO · standard
ZIP Code 81128
Archuleta County, Colorado - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 115
- 0/sq mi
- $250,000+
- Median income
- 100.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Chromo pairs a top-decile household income, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 1%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 69%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 81128 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 81128 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Chromo, Archuleta County, Colorado, home to just 115 residents across 575.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
ZIP 81128 skews affluent, with a median household income of $250,000+ (182% above the average Colorado ZIP), while per-capita income is $136,576. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 0.0% and unemployment is 0.0%. The ACS does not report a median home value for this ZIP, so housing cost context is limited to the available tenure and rent fields.
This is a highly-educated ZIP: 100.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 65.7, 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 81128.
Every figure on this page is sourced 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 81128, Chromo, 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
115
Population
575.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 81128?
65.7
Median Age
47.1%
Male
52.9%
Female
0.0%
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?
$250,000+
Median Household Income
+182% vs state ZIP avg
$136,576
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
73housing units
73
Total Housing Units
16
Occupied Units
57
Vacant Units
2.13
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
2000
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 6 business establishments in ZIP 81128, employing approximately 7 people with a combined annual payroll of $853,000.
6
Businesses
7
Employees
$853K
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 81128, 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.