What is the population of Baca County?

Baca County has 3,460 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

What is the median household income in Baca County?

Median household income in Baca County is $40,380 a year, 48.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Baca County?

Median gross rent is $490 a month and the median home value is $122,000, so rent absorbs about 14.6% of median household income.

Is Baca County affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baca County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Colorado · FIPS 08009

Baca ZIP codes — Baca County, Colorado

Quick answer

Baca County is home to 3,460 residents with a median household income of $40,380 and a median home value of $122,000. 71.9% of households own their home and 24.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Baca ZIP code? 6 ZIP code areas fall inside Baca County, Colorado, listed in full below.

Population: 3,460Baca County residents
Median household income: $40,380Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $122,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $490Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.9%Owner-occupied households

Baca County, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Baca County is a small town in Colorado, with 3,460 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 43 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 Baca County earn a median of $40,380 a year, 48.6% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 24.1% 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 Baca County is valued at $122,000, 59.8% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $490 a month, 65.1% below the national figure, or roughly $5,880 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.6% 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 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.9% 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.

ZIP codes in Baca County

ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Baca County.

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What these estimates cover.

Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.

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

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Baca County?: Baca County has 3,460 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
What is the median household income in Baca County?: Median household income in Baca County is $40,380 a year, 48.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Baca County?: Median gross rent is $490 a month and the median home value is $122,000, so rent absorbs about 14.6% of median household income.
Is Baca County affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baca County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Baca County 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.