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Walsenburg, CO

3,072 Population
3 square miles 1,027.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Huerfano County: 55.3 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,616 ±$4,852 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Huerfano County: $36,579 † ±$7,105
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,474 ±$18,685 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Huerfano County: $52,526 ±$5,017
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.2% ±10.9% (764  ±330) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Huerfano County: 17.3% † 1,187 (±5.5% / ±376)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.8 minutes ±4.1 (14,560  ±5,825) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Huerfano County: 21.1 † 36,485 (±3.2 / ±9,633)
  • 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

1,170 ±151 Number of households
  • Huerfano County: 3,100 ±214
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (3,013  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Huerfano County: 2.2 6,810 (±0.2 / ±32)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,442 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Huerfano County: 4,783 ±27
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,300 ±$23,601 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Huerfano County: $247,800 † ±$67,342
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±3.7% (278  ±113) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Huerfano County: 9.5% † 659 (±3.1% / ±217.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.2% ±12.1% (1,742  ±306.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Huerfano County: 93.1% 5,067 (±7.7% / ±453.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±6.7% (360  ±142.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Huerfano County: 26.4% † 1,435 (±4.2% / ±234.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about half 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

0.3% ±0.7% (10  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Huerfano County: 1% 66
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±3.5% (189  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Huerfano County: 10.1% † 593 (±2.7% / ±156)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
189 Total veterans ±83 161 Male ±80 28 Female ±26

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