Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Lamar, CO

7,629 Population
5.2 square miles 1,462.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

33.1 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Prowers County: 38.5 ±1.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,528 ±$10,911 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Prowers County: $32,128 † ±$6,993
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$58,487 ±$12,612 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Prowers County: $57,601 † ±$9,254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

20% ±7.5% (1,468  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Prowers County: 17.2% † 1,994 (±4.8% / ±558)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

13.6 minutes ±4.1 (44,350  ±13,953) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Prowers County: 14.2 † 71,925 (±2.6 / ±14,109)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

2,824 ±216 Number of households
  • Prowers County: 4,564 ±222
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.6 ±0.2 (7,302  ±40) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Prowers County: 2.5 11,557 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

11.3% ±6.1% (193  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Prowers County: 9.5% † 241 (±4.9% / ±124)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

3,419 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Prowers County: 5,466 ±20
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$137,100 ±$29,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Prowers County: $150,900 † ±$19,397
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

9% ±4% (674  ±302.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Prowers County: 8.4% † 984 (±2.9% / ±339.4)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

83.2% ±8% (3,722  ±393.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Prowers County: 84.7% 6,422 (±6.1% / ±466.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
19.2% ±4.5% (858  ±204.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Prowers County: 18.8% † 1,428 (±3% / ±229.4)
  • 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

11.1% ±4% (848  ±308) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Prowers County: 10.9% 1,295
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

8.9% ±3.4% (495  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Prowers County: 9.4% † 829 (±2.4% / ±209)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
495 Total veterans ±188 431 Male ±161 64 Female ±56

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.