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Monte Vista, CO

4,178 Population
2.6 square miles 1,584 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rio Grande County: 43.2 ±1.7
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,827 ±$3,738 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rio Grande County: $40,132 † ±$5,222
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$49,339 ±$18,672 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rio Grande County: $62,166 † ±$8,856
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

29.3% ±10.4% (1,194  ±426) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Rio Grande County: 14.9% † 1,662 (±4.3% / ±474)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

19.7 minutes ±4.2 (29,435  ±8,716) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rio Grande County: 21.1 † 97,210 (±2.3 / ±13,218)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

1,819 ±216 Number of households
  • Rio Grande County: 5,032 ±252
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.3 ±0.3 (4,106  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rio Grande County: 2.2 11,171 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

8% ±8.1% (95  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rio Grande County: 6.1% † 139 (±4.6% / ±105)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

1,880 ±218 Number of housing units
  • Rio Grande County: 6,574 ±34
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$204,500 ±$39,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rio Grande County: $215,400 ±$14,180
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

9.8% ±7.4% (400  ±302.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rio Grande County: 11.3% † 1,276 (±3.9% / ±436.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

83.9% ±12.9% (2,438  ±398.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rio Grande County: 89.4% 7,399 (±6.9% / ±581.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
29.1% ±8.6% (845  ±254.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rio Grande County: 31.1% † 2,576 (±4.1% / ±341.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

8.7% ±3.8% (363  ±157) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rio Grande County: 4.9% 553
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

2.7% ±1.9% (87  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rio Grande County: 6.5% † 589 (±1.5% / ±133)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
87 Total veterans ±61 65 Male ±51 22 Female ±27

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