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La Junta, CO 81050 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 81050: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

La Junta, CO 81050

Acceptable Alternative

Timpas, CO 81050

Not Acceptable, USPS

Bents Fort, CO 81050

Bents Old Fort, CO 81050

Fair View, CO 81050

Fairmont, CO 81050

Fort Bent, CO 81050

Ft Bent, CO 81050

North La Junta, CO 81050

Roberta, CO 81050

Timber Lake, CO 81050

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Otero County
Centroid: Latitude 37.818, Longitude -103.774
Time Zone: Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 81050 has segments in 2 Counties (Bent, Otero).

Businesses Addresses: 486
PO Box Addresses: 262
Residential Addresses: 4,134

Multi-Family Addresses: 143
Single Family Addresses: 3,991

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

81050 ZIP Code Map

La Junta, CO 81050 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	10,512
Daytime Population: Workers	6,039
Daytime Population: Residents	6,035
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	12,074
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	1.15
Population in Households	10,164
Population in Familes	8,170
Population in Group Qrtrs	348
Population Density²	20
Diversity Index³	71

INCOME
Median Household Income	$37,138
Average Household Income	$50,649
Per Capita Income	$20,927

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	5,044 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	2,605 (51.6%)
Renter Occupied HU	1,635 (32.4%)
Vacant Housing Units	804 (15.9%)
Median Home Value	$97,337
Average Home Value	$129,472

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	4,240
Average Household Size	2.4
Family Households	2,727
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	-0.28%	-0.48%
Households	-0.38%	-0.54%
Families	-0.45%	-0.58%
Median Household Income		2.12%
Per Capita Income		2.28%

La Junta, CO 81050 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 81050 to the other 503 ZIP Codes in Colorado by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.