ZIP 81211 · Buena Vista
Who lives in ZIP code 81211 (Buena Vista, CO): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Buena Vista, CO · Chaffee County
uszips 2026
People8,302
Median age48.3
Household income$88,083
Home value$674,762
Median rent$1,849/mo
Poverty6.6%
College degree+39.0%
Commute20 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Mountain
- Density
- 7 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 3,876
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
24.9% are 65 or older; 88.8% are adults.
Household income
43.5% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $51,887.
Education (adults 25+)
46.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
9.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 61.6%
- Never married
- 23.6%
- Divorced
- 9.8%
- Widowed
- 4.9%
- Family size
- 2.20
- Dual-income families
- 51.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 73.0%
- Rent burden
- 32.1%
- Men / women
- 58% / 42%
Work
- In labor force
- 48.9%
- Unemployment
- 10.1%
- Self-employed
- 16.6%
- Farmers
- 1.1%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 25.1%
- Veterans
- 5.3%
- With a disability
- 9.3%
- No health insurance
- 5.7%
- Limited English
- 1.2%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.