What is the population of Orchard Mesa CDP?

Orchard Mesa CDP has 6,597 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #98 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Orchard Mesa CDP?

Median household income in Orchard Mesa CDP is $76,173 a year, 3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Orchard Mesa CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,588 a month and the median home value is $304,200, so rent absorbs about 25% of median household income.

Is Orchard Mesa CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Orchard Mesa CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Orchard Mesa, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Orchard Mesa, Colorado (Orchard Mesa, CO — Census place “Orchard Mesa CDP”) is 6,597 residents, ranking #98 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $76,173, the median home is worth $304,200 and median gross rent runs $1,588 a month. Looking for the Orchard Mesa Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Orchard Mesa, CO: 81503.

Population: 6,597Orchard Mesa CDP residents
Median household income: $76,173Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $304,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,588Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 84.8%Owner-occupied households

Orchard Mesa ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Orchard Mesa.

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

81503

What the numbers mean in Orchard Mesa CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Orchard Mesa CDP median would spend about 25% 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 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.1% of residents and 84.8% of households own their home.

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

Orchard Mesa CDP, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Orchard Mesa CDP is a mid-size town in Colorado, with 6,597 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #98 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 44.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Orchard Mesa CDP earn a median of $76,173 a year, 3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below 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 5.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Orchard Mesa CDP is valued at $304,200, essentially level with the national figure and 33% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,588 a month, 12.9% above the national figure, or roughly $19,056 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 84.8% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Orchard Mesa CDP?: Orchard Mesa CDP has 6,597 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #98 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Orchard Mesa CDP?: Median household income in Orchard Mesa CDP is $76,173 a year, 3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Orchard Mesa CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,588 a month and the median home value is $304,200, so rent absorbs about 25% of median household income.
Is Orchard Mesa CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Orchard Mesa CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Orchard Mesa CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.