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La Junta, CO

7,211 Population
3.2 square miles 2,256.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Otero County: 40.9 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,827 ±$3,346 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Otero County: $28,634 ±$1,417
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$54,253 ±$11,360 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Otero County: $54,897 † ±$7,068
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

26% ±7.3% (1,800  ±506) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Otero County: 23.6% † 4,249 (±2.5% / ±453)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

22.9 minutes ±7.3 (68,900  ±23,242) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Otero County: 21.3 † 156,535 (±3 / ±23,607)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

3,194 ±236 Number of households
  • Otero County: 7,643 ±223
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.2 ±0.2 (6,901  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Otero County: 2.4 17,982 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

5.7% ±4.2% (91  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Otero County: 6.6% † 254 (±2.6% / ±102)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

3,363 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Otero County: 8,725 ±53
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$180,700 ±$25,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Otero County: $160,700 ±$11,830
  • about one-third of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

13.7% ±6% (975  ±428.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Otero County: 11.3% † 2,052 (±2.9% / ±521.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

83.9% ±8.9% (4,203  ±504.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Otero County: 89.2% 11,244 (±5.2% / ±661.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
18% ±4.6% (903  ±233.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Otero County: 18.8% † 2,370 (±2.4% / ±297.8)
  • about two-fifths 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

2.9% ±2% (212  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Otero County: 4% 737
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

10.9% ±3.1% (616  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Otero County: 8.7% † 1,236 (±1.4% / ±193)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
616 Total veterans ±177 604 Male ±174 12 Female ±20

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