What is the population of Sanford town?

Sanford town has 1,047 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #220 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Sanford town?

Median household income in Sanford town is $41,250 a year, 47.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $727 a month and the median home value is $150,000, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sanford town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sanford, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sanford, Colorado (Sanford, CO — Census place “Sanford town”) is 1,047 residents, ranking #220 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $41,250, the median home is worth $150,000 and median gross rent runs $727 a month. Looking for the Sanford Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sanford, CO: 81151.

Population: 1,047Sanford town residents
Median household income: $41,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $150,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $727Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.5%Owner-occupied households

Sanford ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sanford.

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

81151

What the numbers mean in Sanford town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sanford town median would spend about 21.1% 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 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.3% of residents and 72.5% of households own their home.

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

Sanford town, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sanford town is a small town in Colorado, with 1,047 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #220 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 54% of them. The median age here is 38.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Sanford town earn a median of $41,250 a year, 47.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 52% below the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sanford town is valued at $150,000, 50.6% below the national figure and 67% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $727 a month, 48.3% below the national figure, or roughly $8,724 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% 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 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 Sanford town?: Sanford town has 1,047 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #220 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Sanford town?: Median household income in Sanford town is $41,250 a year, 47.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sanford town?: Median gross rent is $727 a month and the median home value is $150,000, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Sanford town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sanford town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sanford 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.