
Colorado · Census place 75585
Sunshine, CO population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Sunshine, Colorado (Sunshine, CO — Census place “Sunshine CDP”) is 240 residents, ranking #360 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is —, the median home is worth $1,174,200 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Sunshine Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sunshine, CO: 80302.
- Population
- 240Sunshine CDP residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,174,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 61.3%Owner-occupied households
Sunshine ZIP codes (Colorado)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sunshine.
The Sunshine 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 Sunshine CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 7.5% of residents and 61.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Sunshine CDP, CO in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Sunshine CDP is a very small community in Colorado, with 240 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #360 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 25% of them. The median age here is 37.6 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 Sunshine CDP 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 7.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Sunshine CDP is valued at $1,174,200, 287% above the national figure and 159% above the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 61.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
With 240 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Sunshine CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income, gross rent for Sunshine 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.
- Denver city 713,734
- Colorado Springs city 483,099
- Aurora city 390,201
- Fort Collins city 169,705
- Lakewood city 156,309
- Thornton city 142,878
- Arvada city 122,835
- Westminster city 115,546
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Sunshine CDP?
- Sunshine CDP has 240 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #360 of 482 in Colorado.
- What is the median household income in Sunshine CDP?
- Median household income in Sunshine CDP is not published a year.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sunshine CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $1,174,200.
- Is Sunshine CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Sunshine CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Sunshine 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.