
Colorado · Census place 70635
Simla, CO population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Simla, Colorado (Simla, CO — Census place “Simla town”) is 576 residents, ranking #276 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is —, the median home is worth $210,300 and median gross rent runs $1,141 a month. Looking for the Simla Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Simla, CO: 80835.
- Population
- 576Simla town residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $210,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,141Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.3%Owner-occupied households
Simla ZIP codes (Colorado)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Simla.
The Simla 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 Simla town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 28% of residents and 63.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Simla town, CO in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Simla town is a very small community in Colorado, with 576 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #276 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 40.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Simla town earn a median of not published a year. 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 28% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Simla town is valued at $210,300, 30.7% below the national figure and 54% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,141 a month, 18.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,692 across a full year. 63.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
With 576 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Simla town against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income for Simla town 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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- Lazy Acres CDP 1,056
- Towaoc CDP 1,058
- Georgetown town 1,082
- Watkins CDP 1,087
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Simla town?
- Simla town has 576 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #276 of 482 in Colorado.
- What is the median household income in Simla town?
- Median household income in Simla town is not published a year.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Simla town?
- Median gross rent is $1,141 a month and the median home value is $210,300.
- Is Simla town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Simla town to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Simla 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.