Estimated median household income in 2007: $36,730
| This zip code: | $36,730 | | Colorado: | $55,212 |
Nearest zip codes: 81125, 81124, 81132, 81140, 81101, 81136.
Housing units in zip code 81144 with a mortgage: 754 (110 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 537
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,056
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $293
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 17.5% | | Whole state: | 12.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 6.8% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.8 | | State: | 6.5 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.0 | | State: | 3.9 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 90
- 1995 to 1998: 246
- 1990 to 1994: 182
- 1980 to 1989: 293
- 1970 to 1979: 596
- 1960 to 1969: 353
- 1950 to 1959: 316
- 1940 to 1949: 201
- 1939 or earlier: 917
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Monte Vista, CO (81144): |
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- no bedroom: 24
- 1 bedrooms: 77
- 2 bedrooms: 382
- 3 bedrooms: 1,061
- 4 bedrooms: 405
- 5 or more bedrooms: 60
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 34
- 1 bedrooms: 306
- 2 bedrooms: 266
- 3 bedrooms: 235
- 4 bedrooms: 50
- 5 or more bedrooms: 8
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Vehicles available in 81144 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 77
- 1 vehicle: 439
- 2 vehicles: 802
- 3 vehicles: 476
- 4 vehicles: 162
- 5 or more vehicles: 53
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 146
- 1 vehicle: 438
- 2 vehicles: 245
- 3 vehicles: 39
- 4 vehicles: 19
- 5 or more vehicles: 12
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 81144:
- Less than $10,000: 50
- $10,000 to $14,999: 25
- $15,000 to $19,999: 23
- $20,000 to $24,999: 17
- $25,000 to $29,999: 12
- $35,000 to $39,999: 23
- $40,000 to $49,999: 72
- $50,000 to $59,999: 67
- $60,000 to $69,999: 37
- $70,000 to $79,999: 94
- $80,000 to $89,999: 114
- $90,000 to $99,999: 99
- $100,000 to $124,999: 359
- $125,000 to $149,999: 191
- $150,000 to $174,999: 104
- $175,000 to $199,999: 88
- $200,000 to $249,999: 151
- $250,000 to $299,999: 81
- $300,000 to $399,999: 73
- $400,000 to $499,999: 24
- $500,000 to $749,999: 37
- $750,000 to $999,999: 11
- $1,000,000 or more: 7
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 81144:
- Less than $100: 33
- $100 to $149: 67
- $150 to $199: 60
- $200 to $249: 18
- $250 to $299: 70
- $300 to $349: 65
- $350 to $399: 57
- $400 to $449: 42
- $450 to $499: 66
- $500 to $549: 12
- $550 to $599: 18
- $600 to $649: 8
- $650 to $699: 17
- $700 to $749: 1
- No cash rent: 123
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $99,783.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $136,161
- Asian householders: $130,609
- Some other race householders: $97,300
- Two or more races householders: $69,980
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $97,007
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $118,770 (it was $79,200 in 2000)
| 81144: | $118,770 | | Colorado: | $233,900 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $84,247 - $144,257
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $171,990| Here: | $171,990 | | State: | $321,943 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $113,023| Here: | $113,023 | | State: | $242,417 |
In 2-unit structures: $231,503| Here: | $231,503 | | State: | $375,414 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $139,288| Here: | $139,288 | | State: | $203,199 |
Mobile homes: $55,273| Here: | $55,273 | | State: | $53,488 |
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $17,500| Here: | $17,500 | | State: | $69,208 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,180
- One, attached: 64
- Two: 154
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 72
- 10 to 19: 53
- 20 to 49: 117
- Mobile homes: 492
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 2,374 (71%)
- Carpooled: 520 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 38 (1%)
- Walked: 104 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 277 (8%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 229
- 5 to 9 minutes: 864
- 10 to 14 minutes: 610
- 15 to 19 minutes: 399
- 20 to 24 minutes: 371
- 25 to 29 minutes: 212
- 30 to 34 minutes: 185
- 35 to 39 minutes: 19
- 40 to 44 minutes: 3
- 45 to 59 minutes: 25
- 60 to 89 minutes: 40
- 90 or more minutes: 91
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 78.5%
Household type by relationship
Households: 7,730
- In family households: 6,851 (1,682 male householders, 464 female householders)
1,768 spouses, 2,391 children (2,240 natural, 61 adopted, 90 stepchildren), 193 grandchildren, 80 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 116 other relatives, 138 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 879 (410 male householders (344 living alone)), 375 female householders (339 living alone)), 94 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 168 (140 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 888 2-persons, 455 3-persons, 457 4-persons, 199 5-persons, 93 6-persons, 54 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 683 1-person, 102 2-persons.
1,525 married couples with children.
533 single-parent households (117 men, 416 women).
69.0% of residents of 81144 zip code speak English at home.
30.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% very well, 17% well, 10% not well, 2% not at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% very well, 15% well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 533 (6.8%)
(48.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 6.8% | | Whole state: | 8.6% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (94%)
- Canada (2%)
- Austria (1%)
- Poland (1%)
- Peru (1%)
- Germany (1%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 94
- 1990 to 1994: 79
- 1985 to 1989: 85
- 1980 to 1984: 52
- 1975 to 1979: 57
- 1970 to 1974: 105
- 1970 to 1974: 37
- 1965 to 1969: 24
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White population: 5,569
Black population: 39
American Indian population: 95
Asian population: 19
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 3
Some other race population: 1,895
Two or more races population: 199

First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 3140 |
|  German: 1006 |
|  United States or American: 514 |
|  English: 503 |
|  Irish: 314 |
|  Dutch: 102 |
|  European: 93 |
|  Italian: 87 |
|  French (except Basque): 83 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 65 |
|  Scottish: 62 |
|  Swedish: 60 |
|  Welsh: 42 |
|  French Canadian: 31 |
|  Danish: 28 |
|  Portuguese: 24 |
|  Norwegian: 22 |
|  Arab:: 17 |
|  Lebanese: 17 |
|  Ukrainian: 17 |
|  Polish: 11 |
|  Finnish: 9 |
|  Austrian: 9 |
|  Hungarian: 9 |
|  Swiss: 9 |
|  Yugoslavian: 7 |
|  Lithuanian: 6 |
|  Slovene: 6 |
|  Belgian: 6 |
|  British: 3 |
|  Greek: 3 |
|  Basque: 1 |

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- A E STALEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1001 NORTH COUNTY ROAD 3 E in MONTE VISTA, CO)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-2001-0108, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-2001-0108, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-2002-0138, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: WET CORN MILLING; FOOD PREPARATIONS
Organizations: A.E. STALEY MFG CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: A.E. STALEY MFG - MONTE VISTA PLANT
- IRRIGATION ENGINEERING (1567 E HWY 160 in MONTE VISTA, CO)
STATE MASTER (Colorado database) - RCRAINFO-COR000007252, SQG
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: CORPORATION (CONTACT/OWNER)
- BILL METZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (545 SECOND in MONTE VISTA, CO)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-6036
Organizations: MONTE VISTA C-8 (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- BYRON SYRING DELTA CENTER (345 PROSPECT in MONTE VISTA, CO)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-6030
Organizations: MONTE VISTA C-8 (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- ALTA ENERGY (5492 EAST HIGHWAY 160 in MONTE VISTA, CO)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: FARM PRODUCT WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE
Organizations: ALTA FUELS (CONTACT/OWNER)
- GROWER-SHIPPER POTATO COMPANY (COUNTY ROAD #34 in MONTE VISTA, CO)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: FARM PRODUCT WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE; REFUSE SYSTEMS
Business NAICS classification: SOLID WASTE LANDFILL.
- BROWN FEED & SEED («UNKNOWN» in MONTE VISTA, CO)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
- CATLIN'S GREENHOUSE (5557 US HIGHWAY 285 NORTH in MONTE VISTA, CO)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
- INDUSTRIAL VENTILATION INC.CN (931 US HWY 285 in MONTE VISTA, CO)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Business SIC classification: CROP PREPARATION SERVICES FOR MARKET, EXCEPT COTTON GINNING
- BLUE SUN BIODIESEL (5492 US HIGHWAY 160 E in MONTE VISTA, 4.8 MI SE OF, CO)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Business SIC classification: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS
- HARFLI HONEY FARMS,INCORPORATED (41 SOUTH COUNTY ROAD 1 EAST in MONTE VISTA, CO)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Alternative names: HARFLI HONEY FARM,INC
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,653
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5183
- Northeast: 169
- Midwest: 510
- South: 451
- West: 992
58% of the 81144 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Colorado.
Population in 1990: 6,041. Population change in the 1990s: +1,778 (+29.4%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 3.0% | | Colorado: | 8.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 0.8% | | Colorado: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 9.2% | | Colorado: | 16.7% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Wholesale Trade: Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (50-99 employees: 1 establishment, 20-49 employees: 2 establishments, 5-9 employees: 2 establishments, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 3, 10-19: 2, 5-9: 2)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 2, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Packaging and Labeling Services (50-99: 1)
- Utilities: Electric Power Distribution (50-99: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (50-99: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
124 people in nursing homes
44 people in homes for the physically handicapped
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