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Buena Vista CCD, Chaffee County, CO

8,752 Population
545.4 square miles 16 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chaffee County: 47.6 ±1.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,026 ±$4,817 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chaffee County: $43,357 ±$2,898
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$62,533 ±$5,449 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chaffee County: $70,909 ±$4,462
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

7.4% ±2.8% (557  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chaffee County: 10% † 1,844 (±2.4% / ±439)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

16.1 minutes ±2.2 (42,490  ±9,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chaffee County: 17.3 † 122,890 (±1.8 / ±17,380)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

3,685 ±393 Number of households
  • Chaffee County: 9,195 ±361
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2 ±0.3 (7,461  ±445) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chaffee County: 2 18,428 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

1.1% ±1.8% (14  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chaffee County: 1.3% † 48 (±1.1% / ±42)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

4,779 ±328 Number of housing units
  • Chaffee County: 11,315 ±27
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$550,400 ±$64,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chaffee County: $598,500 ±$27,561
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

8% ±3.4% (698  ±298) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chaffee County: 12.1% † 2,401 (±2.7% / ±525.1)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

91.1% ±6.2% (6,417  ±621.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chaffee County: 94.6% 14,979 (±5.6% / ±914.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
36.1% ±4.5% (2,543  ±364.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chaffee County: 45.4% 7,193 (±3.6% / ±577.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.1% ±1.6% (359  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chaffee County: 2.8% 560
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

5.7% ±1.8% (433  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chaffee County: 6.4% † 1,085 (±1.3% / ±226)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
433 Total veterans ±140 420 Male ±141 13 Female ±24

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