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Monte Vista, CO

4,141 Population
2.6 square miles 1,570 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rio Grande County: 41.7 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,968 ±$4,527 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rio Grande County: $39,615 † ±$4,518
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,684 ±$14,287 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Rio Grande County: $64,411 † ±$8,434
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.9% ±12.3% (1,249  ±498) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rio Grande County: 18% † 1,988 (±5.4% / ±598)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16 minutes ±2.6 (24,470  ±6,837) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rio Grande County: 19.2 86,330 (±1.8 / ±11,609)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,784 ±208 Number of households
  • Rio Grande County: 5,133 ±227
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (4,082  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rio Grande County: 2.2 11,087 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.7% ±8.5% (118  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rio Grande County: 7.8% † 179 (±4.3% / ±100)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,929 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Rio Grande County: 6,616 ±25
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$224,500 ±$18,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rio Grande County: $239,500 ±$11,591
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.5% ±2.9% (182  ±116) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Rio Grande County: 8.5% † 951 (±2.7% / ±300.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.9% ±13.5% (2,261  ±416) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rio Grande County: 88.5% 7,245 (±6.9% / ±568.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.2% ±9.9% (1,027  ±286.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rio Grande County: 34.5% † 2,824 (±4.5% / ±368.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.7% ±4.9% (319  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Rio Grande County: 3.8% 435
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±2.1% (104  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Rio Grande County: 6.7% † 601 (±1.2% / ±112)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
104 Total veterans ±65 79 Male ±56 25 Female ±30

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