Population & age
- Total population
- 211
- Median age
- 51.5
Karval, CO (80823)
Lincoln County · Population 211
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
Karval, CO (ZIP 80823) sits in Lincoln County. The page draws on 2 federal data feeds retrieved Apr 27. Top health signal: Annual Checkup comes in above the national average at 71.8%. NCES lists 2 schools serving the area, 2 non-charter. 1 college or university serves the area. FEMA has issued 10 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965. Annual precipitation averages just 14.1" per NOAA's 1991–2020 Normals — an arid-climate ZCTA where landscaping and water-budget choices matter more than national averages suggest. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 206 residents (136 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 $1,120 for a two-bedroom, a 36.0% poverty rate (well above the ~12% US average), and a median home value of $177,200. 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
- 99.5%
- Black
- 0.0%
- Asian
- 0.0%
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.0%
- Other / multi-racial
- 0.5%
Income & housing
- Median home value
- $177,200
Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)
- 22.7%
Employment
- Unemployment rate
- 0.0%
Housing
- Owner-occupied
- 63(71.6%)
- Renter-occupied
- 25(28.4%)
- Vacant units
- 16
- Built (median)
- 1962
Commute
- Public transit
- 0(0.0%)
- Work from home
- 7(11.3%)
- Avg commute
- 22.1 min
Economic wellbeing
- Below poverty line
- 76(36.0%)
- Uninsured
- 0(0.0%)
Digital access
- Broadband access
- 81(92.0%)
- No broadband
- 7(8.0%)
Language & nativity
- Foreign-born
- 1(0.5%)
- Non-English at home
- 1(0.5%)
Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$840
/month
1 Bed
$860
/month
2 Bed
$1,120
/month
3 Bed
$1,470
/month
4 Bed
$1,750
/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
10
Across 9 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $1.8M.
Single-family
8
80% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
2
20% of total units
Single-family value
$1.4M
construction value
Multifamily value
$317,100
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
$52,392
Average weekly wage
$1,008
Total employment
2,212
Total establishments
174
That is roughly 20% 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
4.6%
That is 0.6 percentage points above the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
1,681
Employed
1,604
Unemployed
77
Based on Lincoln 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
10
Date Range
1965–2023
Most Recent Declaration
SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES
Flood — declared August 25, 2023 (DR-4731)
Incident period: June 8, 2023 – June 23, 2023
Top Incident Types
- Flood3 (30%)
- Biological2 (20%)
- Coastal Storm1 (10%)
- Fire1 (10%)
- Severe Storm1 (10%)
- Other2 (20%)
Individual Assistance
2
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
1
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
9
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
5
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
50.2°F
34.6° – 65.9°
Annual precipitation
14.1"
Annual snowfall
21"
Heating · cooling days
6,039.8 · 687.4
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: KARVAL, CO US, 8.6 miles from the centroid of Karval, CO (ZIP 80823)
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)
7,749
That is roughly 451 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
18%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
4.4
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
5.6
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
8.0%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
105
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
1,587
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
7.9
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
72%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
41%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 10.1% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, CO residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
—
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
—
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
1.25
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.70
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 7.7% 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 Lincoln 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).
Who’s moving in and out
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−206 people
−136 households • −$6.7M net AGI flow
Moved in
101households
173 people • $4.2M AGI
Moved out
237households
379 people • $10.8M AGI
Where new residents came from
- El Paso County, CO — 22 households
Where departing residents went
- El Paso County, CO — 27 households
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $41,426 versus departing households' $45,781.
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 80823. 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
For ZIP 80823: Applied to this ZIP's typical home value of $177,200, that works out to roughly $842/year in property tax.
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 80823
Nearby ZIPs by distance
81045 (Haswell, 15.8 mi) · 81021 (17 mi) · 80821 (Hugo, 23.3 mi) · 81076 (Sugar City, 24.2 mi) · 80832 (Ramah, 24.7 mi) · 81063 (Ordway, 24.9 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
SourcesFresh.CDC PLACES · Apr 24, 2026Fresh.NCES CCD via Urban Institute EDP · Apr 27, 2026Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026
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
31.0%
2.0pp below the 33.0% national rate.
High Blood Pressure
33.9%
Tracks close to the 32.0% national rate.
Depression
25.1%
3.1pp above the 22.0% national rate.
Annual Checkup
71.8%
4.2pp below the 76.0% national rate.
Health Insurance
10.3%
2.7pp below the 13.0% national rate.
Diabetes
11.2%
Tracks close to the 11.0% national rate.
Schools in this ZIP
2 schools serve this ZIP, including 2 non-charter.
| School | Type | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karval Elementary School | Public | -1–6 | 29 |
| Karval Junior-Senior High School | Public | 7–12 | 21 |
Schools listed from NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal.
Fresh.NCES CCD via Urban Institute EDP · Apr 27, 2026Colleges & universities nearby
Colleges in this area
1
Median in-state tuition
—
Median earnings (10 yr)
—
- 4-Year
United States Air Force Academy
USAF Academy, CO · 80840
- In-state tuition
- —
- Out-of-state tuition
- —
- Acceptance rate
- 14.1%
- Graduation rate
- 87.8%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- —
- Median student debt
- —
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
Karval, CO (ZIP 80823) sits in Lincoln County. The page draws on 2 federal data feeds retrieved Apr 27. Top health signal: Annual Checkup comes in above the national average at 71.8%. NCES lists 2 schools serving the area, 2 non-charter. 1 college or university serves the area. FEMA has issued 10 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965. Annual precipitation averages just 14.1" per NOAA's 1991–2020 Normals — an arid-climate ZCTA where landscaping and water-budget choices matter more than national averages suggest. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 206 residents (136 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 $1,120 for a two-bedroom, a 36.0% poverty rate (well above the ~12% US average), and a median home value of $177,200. 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 higher the national rate at 25.1%. 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 80823
What is the obesity rate in ZIP 80823?
31.0%, which is 2.0 percentage points below the national average of 33.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the depression rate in ZIP 80823?
25.1%, which is 3.1 percentage points above the national average of 22.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the high blood pressure rate in ZIP 80823?
33.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points above the national average of 32.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
How many schools are in ZIP 80823?
2 schools serve this ZIP, including 2 public schools (NCES CCD, retrieved Apr 27, 2026). No charter schools are listed in this ZIP by NCES CCD.
Does ZIP 80823 have charter schools?
No charter schools are listed in ZIP 80823 by NCES CCD (retrieved Apr 27, 2026).
Are there high schools in ZIP 80823?
Yes, 1 high school serves this ZIP: Karval Junior-Senior High School. (NCES CCD, retrieved Apr 27, 2026).
What is the population of ZIP 80823?
211 people live in ZIP 80823, with a median age of 51.5 (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
Is ZIP 80823 mostly renters or homeowners?
In ZIP 80823, 71.6% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied and 28.4% are renter-occupied (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How do people commute in ZIP 80823?
In ZIP 80823, 11.3% 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 80823?
36.0% of the population in ZIP 80823 lives below the federal poverty line (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What percentage of households in ZIP 80823 have broadband internet?
92.0% of households in ZIP 80823 have broadband internet access (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How vulnerable is ZIP 80823 to disasters and public health emergencies?
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 80823 ranks in the 57th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a high vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the biggest vulnerability factor in ZIP 80823?
Household Characteristics is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 80823, ranking in the 81th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 80823 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 10 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 80823 between 1965–2023 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 80823?
Flood is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 80823, accounting for 3 of 10 declarations (30%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 80823?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 80823 was "SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES" — a flood declared in 2023 (DR-4731) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What colleges are near ZIP 80823?
1 college or university is listed near ZIP 80823 by the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, including United States Air Force Academy (retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 80823?
ZIP 80823 has an average annual temperature of 50.2°F and 14.1" of annual precipitation based on the KARVAL, CO US weather station 8.6 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 80823?
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 80823?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (33 metrics), school information from NCES CCD (2 schools), demographics from the Census ACS 5-Year (2022), colleges from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (1 institution), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (10 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), 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. School data retrieved Apr 27, 2026 from NCES CCD. 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 (10 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 80823
Nearby ZIPs by distance
81045 (Haswell, 15.8 mi) · 81021 (17 mi) · 80821 (Hugo, 23.3 mi) · 81076 (Sugar City, 24.2 mi) · 80832 (Ramah, 24.7 mi) · 81063 (Ordway, 24.9 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
57th percentile
High Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 291
Vulnerability Themes
Households Without Vehicle
3
Persons with Disability
43
Without HS Diploma
20
Without Health Insurance
14
Adults Age 65+
64
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.