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Salida, CO

5,786 Population
2.8 square miles 2,072.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chaffee County: 47.6 ±1.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$46,002 ±$5,776 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chaffee County: $43,357 ±$2,898
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$69,773 ±$7,992 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chaffee County: $70,909 ±$4,462
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

16.7% ±6.4% (942  ±359) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chaffee County: 10% † 1,844 (±2.4% / ±439)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

17.6 minutes ±4.8 (43,110  ±13,405) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Chaffee County: 17.3 † 122,890 (±1.8 / ±17,380)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

2,770 ±241 Number of households
  • Chaffee County: 9,195 ±361
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2 ±0.2 (5,629  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chaffee County: 2 18,428 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

1.3% ±1.8% (20  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Chaffee County: 1.3% † 48 (±1.1% / ±42)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

3,191 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Chaffee County: 11,315 ±27
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$583,400 ±$47,894 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Chaffee County: $598,500 ±$27,561
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

17.6% ±5.6% (1,014  ±321.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chaffee County: 12.1% † 2,401 (±2.7% / ±525.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

96.3% ±9.7% (4,217  ±492.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chaffee County: 94.6% 14,979 (±5.6% / ±914.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
56.1% ±7.1% (2,457  ±343.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chaffee County: 45.4% 7,193 (±3.6% / ±577.3)
  • about 25 percent 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

2.8% ±1.3% (159  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Chaffee County: 2.8% 560
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

4.6% ±2.1% (216  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chaffee County: 6.4% † 1,085 (±1.3% / ±226)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
216 Total veterans ±98 193 Male ±94 23 Female ±25

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