Código postal 81055 — La Veta, CO

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El código postal 81055 cubre La Veta, Colorado, con una población de unos 1,582 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $53,036.

Población: 1,5826 per square mile
Edad media: 6627.3 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $53,03643% below the Colorado median
Tasa de pobreza: 11.3%1.1 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $391,342up 22% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,04338% below the Colorado median
Título universitario o superior: 39.2%4.2 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 85.5%20.5 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Mountain UTC-07:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 50

Dónde está 81055

La Veta, Colorado — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	1,582
Edad media	66
Hogares familiares	62%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.5%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	5.3%
Blanca (no hispana)	87.4%
Negra (no hispana)	0%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	12.1%
Veteranos	13.3%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$53,036
Ingreso por persona	$38,678
Tasa de pobreza	11.3%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	8.8%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	2.9%
$10–15k	8.4%
$15–20k	4.2%
$20–25k	5.5%
$25–30k	5.8%
$30–35k	2.4%
$35–40k	1.2%
$40–45k	6.0%
$45–50k	5.8%
$50–60k	16.8%
$60–75k	7.1%
$75–100k	14.2%
$100–125k	6.8%
$125–150k	5.4%
$150–200k	3.8%
$200k or more	3.9%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	710
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$79,607
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	8.5%
Returns, under $25k	32.4%
Returns, $25k–$50k	21.1%
Returns, $50k–$75k	12.7%
Returns, $75k–$100k	9.9%
Returns, $100k–$200k	15.5%
Returns, $200k or more	8.5%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$375,600
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,043
Ocupada por su propietario	85.5%
Viviendas vacías	55.6%
Año medio de construcción	1981

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	81.7%
Casa adosada	2.4%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	3.9%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	3%
Casa móvil	9%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$391,342as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 0.7%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 22%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 93.7%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$202,086 in 2016 to $391,342 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	4.1%
Licenciatura o superior	39.2%
Bachillerato o superior	99.8%
Trabaja desde casa	27.4%
Conduce solo al trabajo	66.3%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	5.1%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	25.4% 8 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	12.7% 0.7 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	10.8% 2.4 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	39% 4.9 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	17.2% 3.1 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	7.4% 3.9 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	20.5% 1.4 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	19.1% 6.3 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	36.2% 11.1 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	13.2% 2.8 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	80.6% 5.9 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	14% 6.3 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	10.8% same as the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	9.2% 3 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	79.1% 2.4 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	91.4% 5.5 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	11.8% 3 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	73.5% 9.2 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	8.3% 1.7 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	68.5% 7.2 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	32% 1.3 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	10.3% 3.6 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	42.1% 5.9 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	7.1% 1.3 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	71.4% 4.5 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	13.2% 3.6 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	15.3% 1.3 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	14.3% 0.8 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	3.7% same as the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	26.9% 9.5 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.4% 1 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	11.6% 1.4 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	4.7% 0.9 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	50
Personas empleadas	137
Nómina anual	$8,878,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 84.6% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Moderate to Relatively High en los 3 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	72.4 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	14.4 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Rayos	98.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	98.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	96Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	93.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	88.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	85.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	85Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	71.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	35Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	30.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	22.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	17Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	14.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	12.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Colorado y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Colorado	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$53,036	$92,470	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$38,678	$50,489	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	11.3%	9.4%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$375,600	$502,200	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,043	$1,693	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	85.5%	66.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	39.2%	44.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	4.1%	4.5%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	27.4%	18.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.5%	9.6%	13.9%
Edad media	66	37.5	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	WALSENBURG 1 NW, CO US26.6 km away
Lluvia al año	17 in
Nieve al año	92 in

Average high and low by month

enero	47.3°F / 20.7°F0.83 in rain, 10.5 in snow
febrero	49.3°F / 21.5°F0.82 in rain, 12.8 in snow
marzo	57.1°F / 27.2°F1.72 in rain, 17.4 in snow
abril	63.4°F / 33.6°F2.26 in rain, 15.1 in snow
mayo	72.5°F / 42.7°F1.82 in rain, 2 in snow
junio	83.5°F / 51.8°F1.28 in rain
julio	87.4°F / 57.5°F2.24 in rain
agosto	85.1°F / 56.2°F2.15 in rain
septiembre	79.2°F / 48°F0.85 in rain, 0.5 in snow
octubre	68.4°F / 36.6°F1.31 in rain, 7.2 in snow
noviembre	55.9°F / 27.7°F1 in rain, 12.7 in snow
diciembre	46.5°F / 20.4°F1.01 in rain, 13.4 in snow

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

La Veta School District RE-2	89.3% de la superficie de este código postal
Huerfano School District RE-1	9.5% de la superficie de este código postal
Sierra Grande School District R-30	1.2% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	29más vulnerable que el 29% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	26más vulnerable que el 26% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	28más vulnerable que el 28% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	33más vulnerable que el 33% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	48más vulnerable que el 48% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.1 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

81089 Walsenburg, CO	a 28.7 km
81133 Fort Garland, CO	a 32.1 km
81040 Gardner, CO	a 32.7 km
81020 Aguilar, CO	a 36.1 km
81123 Blanca, CO	a 41.6 km
81091 Weston, CO	a 43.2 km
81024 Boncarbo, CO	a 45.1 km
81069 Rye, CO	a 47.1 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Huerfano County	98.8% of this ZIP code's land area
Costilla County	1.2% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Mountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	245.16 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.23 sq mi
Densidad de población	6 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	37.5117, -105.0575

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.