
Arapahoe County · Colorado
ZIP code 80015
- Population
- 72,155
- Median income
- $121,640
- Median home
- $558,900
- Sales tax
- 8%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Combined state + local
Quick answer
ZIP 80015 sits in Arapahoe County, Colorado and is home to 72,155 people. Median household income is $121,640, the median home is worth $558,900 and median gross rent is $2,190. 82.2% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 8% combined.
- County
- Arapahoe County
- State
- Colorado (CO)
- Area codes
- 303, 720
FIPS 08005
528 ZIPs covered
NANPA codes serving this area
The numbers for 80015
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 72,155ZIP 80015 residents
- Median household income
- $121,640Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $558,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,190Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 82.2%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 80015 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 80015 is a small city in Arapahoe County, Colorado, with 72,155 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #3 of 528 ranked by population — larger than 99% of them. The median age here is 38.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in ZIP 80015 earn a median of $121,640 a year, 54.9% above 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 4.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 80015 is valued at $558,900, 84.2% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $2,190 a month, 55.8% above the national figure, or roughly $26,280 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.6% 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 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 82.2% 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. 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.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.
Reading ZIP 80015 in context
How 80015 sits inside Arapahoe County and Colorado.
ZIP 80015 is tabulated inside Arapahoe County, Colorado, one of 17 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 528 across Colorado. This is a dense urban ZIP, where a single postal boundary can hold more residents than an entire rural county. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 80015 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 80015 reports a median household income of $121,640, 25% above the $97,167 county median, and 50% above the $80,917 typical CO ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $558,900, close to the county figure and 30% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $2,190 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
A taxable purchase made inside 80015 carries 8% at the register, assembled from the Aurora jurisdiction stack: the Colorado state rate plus every county, municipal and special district levy that reaches this address. Because those district boundaries were drawn for schools, transit and hospital funding rather than for mail delivery, two addresses inside 80015 can legitimately fall under different totals — the rate shown here is the one that applies to the dominant jurisdiction.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 80015 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 80015
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
This ZIP falls inside the Aurora rate area, so state, county, city and district levies are published here as a full stack.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 80015 compares
ZIP 80015 against the median ZIP in Arapahoe County and across Colorado.
| Measure | ZIP 80015 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,640 | $97,167 | $80,917 | +50% |
| Median home value | $558,900 | $558,900 | $428,850 | +30% |
| Median gross rent | $2,190 | $1,873 | $1,455 | +51% |
| Population | 72,155 | 31,817 | 2,604 | +2671% |
Medians are computed across the 17 ZIP areas in Arapahoe County and the 528 ZIP areas in Colorado.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 528 Colorado ZIP areas.
- Income
- #57
- Home value
- #135
- Population
- #3
richer than 88% of 468 state ZIPs
above 71% of 472 state ZIPs
larger than 99% of 528 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Colorado ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Arapahoe County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
ZIP 80015 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 80015?
- ZIP 80015 lies mostly in Arapahoe County, Colorado. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 80015?
- Purchases are taxed at 8% combined, built from the Aurora jurisdiction stack.
- Is 80015 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $2,190 a month, about 22% of median household income, and the median home is worth $558,900 — +30% against the typical Colorado ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Colorado Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.