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Walsenburg, CO

3,079 Population
3 square miles 1,029.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±9.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Huerfano County: 55.1 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$23,213 ±$4,032 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Huerfano County: $36,275 † ±$8,469
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$40,799 ±$6,819 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Huerfano County: $52,139 † ±$5,444
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

25% ±9.6% (761  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Huerfano County: 17.5% † 1,193 (±4.9% / ±334)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

14.4 minutes ±5.3 (11,350  ±5,899) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Huerfano County: 22.1 † 36,380 (±3.1 / ±9,539)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

1,090 ±153 Number of households
  • Huerfano County: 2,836 ±201
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.8 ±0.4 (3,014  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Huerfano County: 2.4 6,769 (±0.2 / ±36)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,455 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Huerfano County: 4,750 ±21
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$148,600 ±$20,273 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Huerfano County: $256,700 † ±$37,763
  • about one-third of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

10.3% ±5.2% (316  ±159.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Huerfano County: 11.4% † 789 (±4% / ±279.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

83.5% ±11.2% (1,699  ±290.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Huerfano County: 92.9% 4,913 (±7.5% / ±441.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
16.1% ±6.5% (328  ±137) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Huerfano County: 27.1% † 1,431 (±4.3% / ±236.1)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.8% (13  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Huerfano County: 0.5% 36
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

7.2% ±3.2% (173  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Huerfano County: 9.8% † 573 (±2% / ±117)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
173 Total veterans ±76 131 Male ±64 42 Female ±34

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