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Buena Vista, CO

2,966 Population
3.5 square miles 853.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±10.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Chaffee County: 47.6 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,921 ±$5,540 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chaffee County: $43,357 ±$2,898
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$58,409 ±$7,159 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chaffee County: $70,909 ±$4,462
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

9.6% ±5.7% (285  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Chaffee County: 10% † 1,844 (±2.4% / ±439)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

10.7 minutes ±2 (13,535  ±4,017) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Chaffee County: 17.3 † 122,890 (±1.8 / ±17,380)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

1,374 ±201 Number of households
  • Chaffee County: 9,195 ±361
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.2 ±0.3 (2,966  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chaffee County: 2 18,428 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,517 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Chaffee County: 11,315 ±27
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$495,800 ±$102,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chaffee County: $598,500 ±$27,561
  • about the same as the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

9% ±7.1% (267  ±209.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters 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

95.4% ±14.5% (1,816  ±378.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chaffee County: 94.6% 14,979 (±5.6% / ±914.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
41.6% ±10.8% (791  ±234.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chaffee County: 45.4% 7,193 (±3.6% / ±577.3)
  • about 90 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

2.2% ±1.7% (66  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chaffee County: 2.8% 560
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

1.4% ±1.7% (30  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chaffee County: 6.4% † 1,085 (±1.3% / ±226)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
30 Total veterans ±38 17 Male ±26 13 Female ±24

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