Colorado · Census place 01915
Amherst, CO population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Amherst, Colorado (Amherst, CO — Census place “Amherst CDP”) is 84 residents, ranking #424 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Amherst Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Amherst, CO: 80721.
- Population
- 84Amherst CDP residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 26.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 43.6%Owner-occupied households
Amherst ZIP codes (Colorado)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Amherst.
The Amherst CO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Amherst CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 0% of residents and 43.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Amherst CDP, CO in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Amherst CDP is a very small community in Colorado, with 84 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #424 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 12% of them. The median age here is 26.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Amherst CDP earn a median of not published a year. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Amherst CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 43.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 26.8 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 84 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Amherst CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent for Amherst CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Colorado.
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- Westminster city 115,546
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Amherst CDP?
- Amherst CDP has 84 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #424 of 482 in Colorado.
- What is the median household income in Amherst CDP?
- Median household income in Amherst CDP is not published a year.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Amherst CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is not published.
- Is Amherst CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Amherst CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Amherst CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.