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El Paso County · Colorado

ZIP code 80920

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 80920 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
38,154

ZCTA residents

Median income
$111,233

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$484,900

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
8.2%

Combined state + local

Quick answer

ZIP 80920 sits in El Paso County, Colorado and is home to 38,154 people. Median household income is $111,233, the median home is worth $484,900 and median gross rent is $1,955. 67.4% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 8.2% combined.

County
El Paso County

FIPS 08041

State
Colorado (CO)

528 ZIPs covered

Area codes
719

NANPA codes serving this area

Metro area
Colorado Springs

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 80920

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
38,154ZIP 80920 residents
Median household income
$111,233Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$484,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,955Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
36.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
67.4%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 80920 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 80920 is a small city in El Paso County, Colorado, with 38,154 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #38 of 528 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 36.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in ZIP 80920 earn a median of $111,233 a year, 41.6% above the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 80920 is valued at $484,900, 59.8% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,955 a month, 39% above the national figure, or roughly $23,460 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 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 67.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 80920 in context

How 80920 sits inside El Paso County and Colorado.

ZIP 80920 is tabulated inside El Paso County, Colorado, one of 41 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 80920 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 80920 reports a median household income of $111,233, 30% above the $85,341 county median, and 37% above the $80,917 typical CO ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $484,900, 15% above the county figure and 13% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,955 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

A taxable purchase made inside 80920 carries 8.2% at the register, assembled from the Colorado Springs 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 80920 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 80920 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 80920

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
8.2%Colorado Springs jurisdiction stack
Tax on $100
$8Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$82Before any exemptions

This ZIP falls inside the Colorado Springs 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.

Rent burden
21%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
4.4×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$2,516/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
5.5%Residents below poverty line

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 80920 compares

ZIP 80920 against the median ZIP in El Paso County and across Colorado.

MeasureZIP 80920County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$111,233$85,341$80,917+37%
Median home value$484,900$420,000$428,850+13%
Median gross rent$1,955$1,701$1,455+34%
Population38,15417,0452,604+1365%

Medians are computed across the 41 ZIP areas in El Paso County and the 528 ZIP areas in Colorado.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 528 Colorado ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 83% of 468 state ZIPs

#81
Home value

above 60% of 472 state ZIPs

#187
Population

larger than 93% of 528 state ZIPs

#38

Comparable ZIP codes

Colorado ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
80640Adams County$111,145$464,400$2,138
80136Adams County$110,435$495,700$1,234
80202Denver County$110,372$677,100$2,246
80443Summit County$112,179$844,400$2,542
80207Denver County$112,325$661,900$1,819
80603Adams County$112,381$448,700$1,841

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under El Paso County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in El Paso County, Colorado.

ZIP 80920 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 80920?
ZIP 80920 lies mostly in El Paso 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 80920?
Purchases are taxed at 8.2% combined, built from the Colorado Springs jurisdiction stack.
Is 80920 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,955 a month, about 21% of median household income, and the median home is worth $484,900 — +13% 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.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 80920, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

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.