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Chaffee County, CO

20,178 Population
1,013.4 square miles 19.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,535 ±$3,281 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,132 ±$7,235 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±2.3% (1,558  ±431) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±2.3 (125,635  ±19,681) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,863 ±226 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0 (18,741  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±3% (159  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,482 ±275 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$665,700 ±$24,286 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±2.7% (2,336  ±538.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±5.6% (15,631  ±958.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47% ±4.1% (7,752  ±680.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 1.3 times 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

2.5% (495  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±1.3% (1,145  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,145 Total veterans ±216 1,044 Male ±209 101 Female ±79

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