Population & age
- Total population
- 127
- Median age
- 37.6
Vernon, CO (80755)
Yuma County · Population 127
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
Vernon, CO (ZIP 80755) sits in Yuma County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Obesity comes in below the national average at 27.0%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 2 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $4,991. BLS QCEW reports average annual pay of $49,574 per worker, roughly 24% below the US average. FEMA has issued 7 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 330 residents (172 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: fair market rent of $1,020 for a two-bedroom and a low 0.0% poverty rate. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
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Demographics
Race & ethnicity
- White
- 100.0%
- Black
- 0.0%
- Asian
- 0.0%
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.0%
Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)
- 44.4%
Employment
- Unemployment rate
- 0.0%
Housing
- Owner-occupied
- 48(100.0%)
- Renter-occupied
- 0(0.0%)
- Vacant units
- 0
- Built (median)
- 1938
Commute
- Public transit
- 0(0.0%)
- Work from home
- 0(0.0%)
Economic wellbeing
- Below poverty line
- 0(0.0%)
- Uninsured
- 0(0.0%)
Digital access
- Broadband access
- 48(100.0%)
Language & nativity
- Foreign-born
- 0(0.0%)
- Non-English at home
- 0(0.0%)
Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$780
/month
1 Bed
$780
/month
2 Bed
$1,020
/month
3 Bed
$1,310
/month
4 Bed
$1,350
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
New housing construction
New housing units permitted
12
Across 12 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $2.0M.
Single-family
12
100% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
0
0% of total units
Single-family value
$2.0M
construction value
Multifamily value
$0
construction value
Based on county-level data (2024).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.
Employment & wages
Average annual pay
$49,574
Average weekly wage
$953
Total employment
3,996
Total establishments
437
That is roughly 24% below the US national average of $65,470 per worker.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
2.8%
That is 1.2 percentage points below the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
5,235
Employed
5,090
Unemployed
145
Based on Yuma County, CO data (2024).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.
Federal Disaster Declarations
Federally Declared Disasters
7
Date Range
1965–2020
Most Recent Declaration
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Biological — declared March 28, 2020 (DR-4498)
Incident period: January 20, 2020 – May 11, 2023
Top Incident Types
- Biological2 (29%)
- Flood1 (14%)
- Coastal Storm1 (14%)
- Fire1 (14%)
- Severe Storm1 (14%)
- Other1 (14%)
Individual Assistance
2
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
1
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
6
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
4
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.
Climate
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
50.5°F
36.5° – 64.5°
Annual precipitation
19.1"
Annual snowfall
28.5"
Heating · cooling days
6,099.4 · 853.5
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: IDALIA, CO US, 13.6 miles from the centroid of Vernon, CO (ZIP 80755)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Community health profile
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
5,886
That is roughly 2,314 years per 100,000 below the national county median (~8,200).
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
19%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
4.5
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
5.7
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
13.5%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
80
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
1,974
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
8.2
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
70%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
7%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 6.2% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on Yuma data (2025 CHR release).
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.
Food access
Food access status
Moderate food access challenges
22.9% of Yuma County, CO residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
0.30
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
—
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
0.91
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.30
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 5.8% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).
Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Yuma County, CO for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).
Safety
FBI publishes crime data at the county level. Numbers below cover the primary county that contains this ZIP. Rates are per 100,000 residents in the area covered by reporting agencies.
Violent crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 3 reports
Property crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 22 reports
Homicide
0
Robbery
0
Burglary
4
Vehicle theft
3
County-level data for Yuma (2024)
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (cde.ucr.cjis.gov). Public domain. Coverage varies by reporting agency; areas with partial agency coverage may understate true crime totals.
Who’s moving in and out
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−330 people
−172 households • −$9.9M net AGI flow
Moved in
232households
381 people • $10.2M AGI
Moved out
404households
711 people • $20.1M AGI
Where new residents came from
No county-level breakdown available.
Where departing residents went
No county-level breakdown available.
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $44,121 versus departing households' $49,770.
Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.
Taxes & benefits in Colorado
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 80755. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Tax rates
Income tax
Yes
graduated
Sales tax (combined)
7.89%
State 2.90% · avg local 4.99%
Property tax (effective)
0.48%
Median $1,025/year
Tax burden rank
22 of 50
9.60% of personal income
Paid family leave
Program
FAMLI
Mandatory (state-run insurance)
Max weeks/year
16
Parental
12wk
Max weekly benefit
$1,381
Replacement: 90% AWW up to 0.5x SAWW + 50% above · job protection
Safety net
SNAP eligibility
200% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). No asset test.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Other ZIPs near 80755
Nearby ZIPs by distance
80727 (Eckley, 12.4 mi) · 80735 (Idalia, 14 mi) · 80824 (Kirk, 17.5 mi) · 80758 (Wray, 18.6 mi) · 80822 (Joes, 23.3 mi) · 80759 (Yuma, 23.5 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
Data sources used on this page
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Health profile
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
Obesity
27.0%
6.0pp below the 33.0% national rate.
High Blood Pressure
31.7%
Tracks close to the 32.0% national rate.
Depression
23.3%
Tracks close to the 22.0% national rate.
Annual Checkup
73.8%
2.2pp below the 76.0% national rate.
Health Insurance
10.2%
2.8pp below the 13.0% national rate.
Diabetes
10.1%
Tracks close to the 11.0% national rate.
Colleges & universities nearby
Colleges in this area
2
Median in-state tuition
$4,991
Median earnings (10 yr)
$39,661
- 2-Year
Northeastern Junior College
Sterling, CO · 80751
- In-state tuition
- $5,730
- Out-of-state tuition
- $8,267
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 55.2%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $39,893
- Median student debt
- $9,376
- 4-Year
Morgan Community College
Fort Morgan, CO · 80701
- In-state tuition
- $4,252
- Out-of-state tuition
- $16,852
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 45.4%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $39,429
- Median student debt
- $8,501
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.
What these numbers say together
Vernon, CO (ZIP 80755) sits in Yuma County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Obesity comes in below the national average at 27.0%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 2 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $4,991. BLS QCEW reports average annual pay of $49,574 per worker, roughly 24% below the US average. FEMA has issued 7 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 330 residents (172 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: fair market rent of $1,020 for a two-bedroom and a low 0.0% poverty rate. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
The two domains pull in different directions. Healthcare access reads strong, but the on-paper school count is on the lighter side — that’s less a quality signal and more a density one. Households here often look at districts a few ZIPs over for school choice while keeping their providers local.
One concrete reading worth keeping: Depression prevalence sits near the national rate at 23.3%. Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
Frequently Asked Questions — ZIP 80755
What is the obesity rate in ZIP 80755?
27.0%, which is 6.0 percentage points below the national average of 33.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the depression rate in ZIP 80755?
23.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points above the national average of 22.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the high blood pressure rate in ZIP 80755?
31.7%, which is 0.3 percentage points below the national average of 32.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the population of ZIP 80755?
127 people live in ZIP 80755, with a median age of 37.6 (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
Is ZIP 80755 mostly renters or homeowners?
In ZIP 80755, 100.0% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied and 0.0% are renter-occupied (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How do people commute in ZIP 80755?
In ZIP 80755, 0.0% of workers work from home. Public transit is used by 0.0% of commuters (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What is the poverty rate in ZIP 80755?
0.0% of the population in ZIP 80755 lives below the federal poverty line (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What percentage of households in ZIP 80755 have broadband internet?
100.0% of households in ZIP 80755 have broadband internet access (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How vulnerable is ZIP 80755 to disasters and public health emergencies?
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 80755 ranks in the 65th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a high vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the biggest vulnerability factor in ZIP 80755?
Housing Type & Transportation is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 80755, ranking in the 74th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 80755 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 7 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 80755 between 1965–2020 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 80755?
Biological is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 80755, accounting for 2 of 7 declarations (29%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 80755?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 80755 was "COVID-19 PANDEMIC" — a biological declared in 2020 (DR-4498) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What colleges are near ZIP 80755?
2 colleges and universities are listed near ZIP 80755 by the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, including Northeastern Junior College and Morgan Community College (retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the average tuition at colleges near ZIP 80755?
Median in-state tuition across 2 nearby institutions is $4,991 (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What do graduates earn from colleges near ZIP 80755?
Graduates of nearby colleges earn a median of $39,661 ten years after entry (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 80755?
ZIP 80755 has an average annual temperature of 50.5°F and 19.1" of annual precipitation based on the IDALIA, CO US weather station 13.6 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 80755?
Colorado has a graduated income tax with a top rate of unspecified. Combined sales tax: 7.89% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Does Colorado have paid family leave?
Colorado runs an active paid family leave program (FAMLI) offering up to 16 weeks of paid leave per year, with a maximum weekly benefit of $1,381 (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
What data is available for ZIP 80755?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (33 metrics), demographics from the Census ACS 5-Year (2022), colleges from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2 institutions), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (7 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), county-level crime data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
How current is this data?
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. Demographics retrieved Apr 30, 2026 from Census ACS 5-Year (2022). College data retrieved May 2, 2026 from U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard. Social vulnerability scores retrieved May 3, 2026 from CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (7 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). County-level crime data retrieved May 4, 2026 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 80755
Nearby ZIPs by distance
80727 (Eckley, 12.4 mi) · 80735 (Idalia, 14 mi) · 80824 (Kirk, 17.5 mi) · 80758 (Wray, 18.6 mi) · 80822 (Joes, 23.3 mi) · 80759 (Yuma, 23.5 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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Social Vulnerability Index
Overall SVI
65th percentile
High Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 371
Vulnerability Themes
Households Without Vehicle
4
Limited English Speakers
20
Persons with Disability
29
Without HS Diploma
38
Without Health Insurance
38
Adults Age 65+
69
The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.