81040 Zip Code (CO) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 266
Zip code population in 2010: 536
Zip code population in 2000: 541

Houses and condos: 387
Renter-occupied apartments: 19
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 81040: 90.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 518.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 0.513 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $732

For population 25 years and over in 81040:

• High school or higher: 97.8%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 19.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 81040:

• Never married: 9.6%
• Now married: 63.3%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 2.0%
• Divorced: 25.1%

• 
• • 14454.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 11342.6%White
  • 83.0%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 81040, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $41,526 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$41,526
State:	$89,260

Salary/wage: $39,955 (reported on 57.9% of returns)

Here:	$39,955
State:	$70,330

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1355.0% for AGIs below $25k, 4917.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $617 (reported on 31.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$617
Colorado:	$2,176

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 65.0% for AGIs below $25k, 17.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 13.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,125 (reported on 21.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,125
State:	$8,820

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 212.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$7,350 (reported on 21.1% of returns)

Here:	+$7,350
State:	+$37,276

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 67.5% for AGIs below $25k, 890.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,300 (reported on 31.6% of returns)

Here:	+$6,300
State:	+$15,295

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 335.0% for AGIs below $25k, 610.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $12,150 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

81040:	$12,150
Colorado:	$23,785

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 607.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Earned income credit: $1,767 (reported on 15.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,767
State:	$2,053

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 132.5% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 89.5%

Here:	89%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 87.5% for AGIs below $25k, 80.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 81040, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $35,141 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,141
State:	$69,103

Salary/wage: $30,492 (reported on 70.6% of returns)

Here:	$30,492
State:	$54,794

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 49.6% for AGIs below $25k, 72.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 58.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,243 (reported on 41.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,243
Colorado:	$1,971

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.0% for AGIs below $25k, 1.9% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Ordinary dividends: $3,067 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$3,067
State:	$7,140

Profit/loss from business: +$5,300 (reported on 23.5% of returns)

Here:	+$5,300
State:	+$13,514

Total itemized deductions: $25,050 (24% of AGI, reported on 11.8% of returns)

Here:	$25,050
State:	$24,621

Here:	24.2% of AGI
State:	18.5% of AGI

Taxes paid: $4,750 (reported on 11.8% of returns)

81040:	$4,750
State:	$7,641

Earned income credit: $1,475 (reported on 23.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,475
State:	$2,095

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.9% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 52.9%

Here:	53%
State:	49%

(% for various income ranges: 50.0% for AGIs below $25k, 60.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 50.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 81040, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $31,227 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$31,227
State:	$55,014

Salary/wage: $24,197 (reported on 75.0% of returns)

Here:	$24,197
State:	$46,010

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 145.7% for AGIs below $10k, 77.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 75.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 27.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,321 (reported on 44.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,321
Colorado:	$2,127

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 31.4% for AGIs below $10k, 1.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.9% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable dividends: $875 (reported on 22.7% of returns)

Here:	$875
State:	$3,782

Profit/loss from business: +$4,857 (reported on 27.8% of returns)

Here:	+$4,857
State:	+$11,247

Total itemized deductions: $22,633 (27% of AGI, reported on 17.0% of returns)

Here:	$22,633
State:	$20,560

Here:	27.5% of AGI
State:	21.4% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $4,227 (5% of AGI, reported on 12.5% of returns)

Here:	$4,227
State:	$3,518

Here:	4.9% of AGI
State:	3.4% of AGI

Total tax: $4,724 (reported on 69.9% of returns)

81040:	$4,724
State:	$9,173

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.5% for AGIs below $10k, 4.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 12.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 16.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,634 (reported on 23.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,634
State:	$1,595

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 68.2%

Here:	68%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 62.2% for AGIs below $10k, 61.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 93.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Nearest zip codes: 81055, 81069, 81133, 81023, 81252, 81019.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 11
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 141

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 11 (10 now married, 0 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 81040 with a mortgage: 8
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 81040 household income distribution in 2022

• 11Less than $10,000
• 6$10,000 to $14,999
• 32$15,000 to $19,999
• 16$20,000 to $24,999
• 15$25,000 to $29,999
• 11$45,000 to $49,999
• 25$75,000 to $99,999
• 33$100,000 to $124,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 81040

• 27$50,000 to $59,999
• 11$175,000 to $199,999
• 5$250,000 to $299,999
• 20$300,000 to $399,999
• 16$400,000 to $499,999
• 9$500,000 to $749,999
• 36$2,000,000 or more

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 81040

• 11$400 to $449
• 7No cash rent

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $945,201
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $241,691
• Some other race householders: $1,301,418
• Two or more races householders: $455,496
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $429,839

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $391,913

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $789,062

Here:	$789,062
State:	$676,667

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 344
• Mobile homes: 37

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 81040

• 86.8%91Drove a car alone
• 9.5%10Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 81040

• 145 to 9 minutes
• 1615 to 19 minutes
• 1825 to 29 minutes
• 4140 to 44 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 103.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 266

• Male householders: 64 (0 living alone), Female householders: 89 (75 living alone)

• 80 spouses (80 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18 children (18 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 14 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 57 2-persons, 22 3-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 74 1-person

18 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households ().

96.0% of residents of 81040 zip code speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• GARDNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (25421 HIGHWAY 69 in GARDNER, CO)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-3306
  Organizations: HUERFANO RE-1 (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• HUERFANO COUNTY - ORLANDO PIT (SW SE SEC 19 T26S R69W 1 MI. SE OF GARDNER CO. in RYE, 15.6 MI SW OF, CO)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL
  

• GARDNER (1 MILE WEST in GARDNER, CO)

  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS
  Business NAICS classification: SOLID WASTE LANDFILL.
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 12.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 8.9%

Population in 1990: 428. Population change in the 1990s: +113 (+26.4%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 140
• Northeast: 7
• Midwest: 38
• South: 17
• West: 62

71% of the 81040 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Colorado.

101% of the 81040 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Construction: Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners (5-9: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Business Associations (5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 81040 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	5	68.0 years
Antonio	5	77.4 years
Maria	4	83.3 years
Jose	3	81.3 years
Joe	3	82.7 years
Mary	3	69.7 years
Robert	3	73.7 years
James	2	75.0 years
Albert	2	71.5 years
Ernest	2	55.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 81040 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Archuleta	4	78.7 years
Cerda	4	79.0 years
Medina	4	78.5 years
Martinez	3	83.7 years
Northup	3	75.3 years
Quintana	3	84.3 years
Valdez	3	78.4 years
Aguirre	2	69.0 years
Gomez	2	67.5 years
Knight	2	94.5 years