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Huerfano County, CO

6,972 Population
1,591 square miles 4.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,579 ±$7,105 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,526 ±$5,017 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.3% ±5.5% (1,187  ±376) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±3.2 (36,485  ±9,633) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 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

3,100 ±214 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,810  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

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

$247,800 ±$67,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±3.1% (659  ±217.9) Moved since previous year
  • 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

93.1% ±7.7% (5,067  ±453.6) 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)
26.4% ±4.2% (1,435  ±234.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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

1% (66  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about 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

10.1% ±2.7% (593  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • 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)
593 Total veterans ±156 536 Male ±156 57 Female ±33

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