81248 Zip Code (CO) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 199
Zip code population in 2010: 48
Zip code population in 2000: 60

March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 81248: 90.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 257.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 0.773 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in 81248:

• High school or higher: 98.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%
• Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%

For population 15 years and over in 81248:

• Never married: 0.0%
• Now married: 74.0%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 12.1%
• Divorced: 13.9%

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 81248, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $27,419 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$27,419
State:	$55,014

Salary/wage: $25,238 (reported on 67.7% of returns)

Here:	$25,238
State:	$46,010

Total tax: $2,087 (reported on 74.2% of returns)

81248:	$2,087
State:	$9,173

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 64.5%

Here:	65%
State:	55%

Nearest zip codes: 81227, 81241, 81236, 81237, 81239, 81242.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 0
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 70

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 43 (42 now married, 0 unmarried)

• Zip code 81248 household income distribution in 2022

• 6$45,000 to $49,999
• 12$60,000 to $74,999
• 44$125,000 to $149,999
• 6$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 81248

• 20$80,000 to $89,999
• 4$200,000 to $249,999
• 52$500,000 to $749,999

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $287,476

Here:	$287,476
State:	$676,667

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 111
• Mobile homes: 23

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 81248

• 16.3%20Drove a car alone
• 80.0%98Carpooled

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 81248

• 2025 to 29 minutes
• 9530 to 34 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 0.0%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 199

• Male householders: 19 (0 living alone), Female householders: 53 (7 living alone)

• 62 spouses (62 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 49 children (50 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 6 2-persons, 56 3-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 7 1-person

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

All residents speak English at home

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (6 MILES EAST OF TOWN in SARGENTS, CO)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  STATE MASTER (Colorado database) - NPDES-CO0022756, NPDES NON-MAJOR
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: URANIUM-RADIUM-VANADIUM ORES; SECONDARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS
  Alternative names: HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY PITCH MINE, HOMESTAKE MINING CO. OF CALIF.

• HOMESTAKE PITCH PROJECT MINE MILL COMPLEX (35 MILES EAST OF GUNNISON ON HIGHWAY 287 in SARGENTS, CO)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business SIC classification: URANIUM-RADIUM-VANADIUM ORES
  Organizations: HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: HOMESTAKE MINING CO. OF CALIF., HOMESTAKE PITCH PROJ MINE MILL COMPLEX

• CDOT HWY 50 BRIDGE PROJECT (HIGHWAY 50 MP 189 & MP 190 in SARGENTS, CO)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: COLORADO DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• CDOT SARGENT ROAD MAINTENANCE FACILITY (U S HIGHWAY 50 MILE POST 190.5 in SARGENTS, CO)

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 16.6%

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

• This state: 161
• Midwest: 14
• West: 23

0% of the 81248 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 0% lived in this county.

101% of the 81248 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

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

• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Locksmiths (1-4 employees: 1 establishment)