What is the population of Bayfield town?

Bayfield town has 2,862 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #150 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Bayfield town?

Median household income in Bayfield town is $92,821 a year, 18.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bayfield town?

Median gross rent is $1,265 a month and the median home value is $418,400, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.

Is Bayfield town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bayfield town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bayfield, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bayfield, Colorado (Bayfield, CO — Census place “Bayfield town”) is 2,862 residents, ranking #150 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $92,821, the median home is worth $418,400 and median gross rent runs $1,265 a month. Looking for the Bayfield Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bayfield, CO: 81122.

Population: 2,862Bayfield town residents
Median household income: $92,821Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $418,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,265Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 80.2%Owner-occupied households

Bayfield ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bayfield.

The Bayfield CO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

81122

What the numbers mean in Bayfield town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bayfield town median would spend about 16.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 80.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bayfield town, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bayfield town is a small town in Colorado, with 2,862 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #150 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 31.9 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 Bayfield town earn a median of $92,821 a year, 18.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 7% above the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bayfield town is valued at $418,400, 37.9% above the national figure and 8% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,265 a month, 10% below the national figure, or roughly $15,180 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 80.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bayfield town?: Bayfield town has 2,862 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #150 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Bayfield town?: Median household income in Bayfield town is $92,821 a year, 18.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bayfield town?: Median gross rent is $1,265 a month and the median home value is $418,400, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.
Is Bayfield town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bayfield town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bayfield town 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.