ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 81147

Archuleta County, Colorado: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

150
Property rate /100K (county)
12,879
Population (ZIP)
135
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 81147 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 81147 sits within Archuleta County, CO. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

Archuleta County reported a violent-crime rate of 135 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 150 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

Based on just 18 reported violent incidents across a county population of 13,359, this count is too low to support a reliable per-100K rate comparison. It may reflect a genuinely low-crime county, or it may reflect incomplete agency-level reporting to the FBI UCR Program for this county and year, small county-level counts are common in FBI Table 10 and should be treated as a data point, not a precise safety ranking.

ZIP 81147 carries a Census-reported population of 12,879, ranking #1 of 3 ZIPs in Archuleta County, spread across 1,355.46 square miles (about 10 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Archuleta County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Archuleta County crime page linked below.

ZIP 81147 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Archuleta County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 81147 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$67,313
Median age
49.8 years
Owner-occupied homes
75%
Occupied homes
5,456

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

Archuleta County UCR book ZIP 81147 inherits

ZIP 81147 itself is about 10 people per Census sq mi across 1,355.5 sq mi (12,879 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 81147's 12,879 residents are about 96.4% of the 2024 county reporting population (13,359), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Archuleta County leans on aggravated assault at 39% of reported offenses (mix index 2,770). ZIP 81147 has no separate FBI offense book.

Archuleta County 2024 vs 2023: property counts +82% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Archuleta County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 81147

Similar county violent rate (~135/100K)

Similar Census population (~12,879)

County detail: Archuleta County · State atlas: Colorado

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.