Somerset, CO · standard
ZIP Code 81434
Gunnison County, Colorado - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 158
- 0/sq mi
- $143,074
- Median income
- $233,100
- Median home value
- 55.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Somerset pairs a top-decile household income with above-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 5%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 47%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 86%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 81434 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 81434 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Somerset, Gunnison County, Colorado, home to just 158 residents across 1580.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
ZIP 81434 skews affluent, with a median household income of $143,074 (61% above the average Colorado ZIP), while per-capita income is $52,935. The poverty rate is 0.0%, with unemployment at 4.3%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $233,100 (52% below the average Colorado ZIP); owner occupancy is 86.0%.
This is a highly-educated ZIP: 55.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 27.1, 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 81434.
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 81434, Somerset, 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
158
Population
1580.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 81434?
27.1
Median Age
44.9%
Male
55.1%
Female
3.9%
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?
$143,074
Median Household Income
+61% vs state ZIP avg
$52,935
Per Capita Income
0.0%
Poverty Rate
4.3%
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
188housing units
188
Total Housing Units
57
Occupied Units
131
Vacant Units
1.91
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$233,100
Median Home Value
-52% vs state ZIP avg
1998
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 4 business establishments in ZIP 81434, employing approximately 306 people with a combined annual payroll of $29,500,000.
4
Businesses
306
Employees
$29.5M
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 81434, 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.