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Palmer Lake, CO

2,623 Population
3.1 square miles 848.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,413 ±$6,262 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $46,283 ±$668
  • about the same as the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$125,357 ±$22,391 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $90,144 ±$1,355
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.4% ±2.6% (114  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 8.5% 63,378 (±0.5% / ±3,630)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±2.5 (22,180  ±5,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 23.7 7,693,220 (±0.3 / ±122,172)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,064 ±106 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 302,050 ±1,215
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (2,623  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.5 745,684 (±0 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.1% ±7.7% (53  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 6% 11,067 (±0.5% / ±978)
  • 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

1,138 ±105 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 317,156 ±195
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$485,700 ±$48,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $461,800 ±$2,780
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±6.3% (296  ±163.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 18.1% 137,572 (±0.7% / ±4,944)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.3% ±12.8% (2,058  ±303.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 95.1% 488,300 (±1% / ±5,318.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44% ±8.4% (920  ±186.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 41.7% 214,225 (±0.7% / ±3,529.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 25 percent 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% ±3.2% (203  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 7% 54,058
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.2% ±3.3% (236  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 15.6% 86,679 (±0.4% / ±2,174)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
236 Total veterans ±77 223 Male ±74 13 Female ±15

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