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Palmer Lake, CO

2,635 Population
3.1 square miles 852.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$51,872 ±$6,964 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $44,315 ±$567
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$122,855 ±$19,957 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $87,180 ±$1,170
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

3.4% ±2.3% (89  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 8.5% 62,848 (±0.5% / ±3,363)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

27.3 minutes ±3.9 (31,625  ±7,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 23.8 7,760,385 (±0.3 / ±117,434)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

1,061 ±120 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 294,427 ±1,044
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.5 ±0.3 (2,635  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.5 739,108 (±0 / ±135)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

6.8% ±6.7% (37  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 5.5% 10,051 (±0.5% / ±885)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

1,122 ±124 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 310,269 ±146
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$454,000 ±$33,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $431,600 ±$3,520
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

18% ±8.1% (473  ±213.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 19% 142,650 (±0.7% / ±4,949.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

97.6% ±12.5% (2,012  ±304.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 95.2% 481,666 (±1% / ±5,251.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
46.3% ±8.5% (955  ±192) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 41% 207,530 (±0.7% / ±3,319)
  • a little higher than 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

8.3% ±4.6% (218  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 6.7% 50,607
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

11.7% ±3.9% (268  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 15.9% 87,149 (±0.4% / ±2,304)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
268 Total veterans ±91 243 Male ±82 25 Female ±25

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