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Rio Grande County, CO

11,442 Population
912 square miles 12.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,328 ±$2,751 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $47,346 ±$253
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$57,591 ±$5,289 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $87,598 ±$508
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

10.3% ±2.9% (1,151  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 540,105 (±0.2% / ±10,645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

21.4 minutes ±2.6 (99,145  ±13,813) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.6 64,239,000 (±0.1 / ±353,869)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

4,657 ±215 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,278,044 ±4,293
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (11,214  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,648,410
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4.8% ±3.7% (110  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 68,145 (±0.2% / ±2,392)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

6,561 ±23 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,500,095 ±660
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$202,300 ±$15,979 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $465,900 ±$1,132
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

9.8% ±3.7% (1,109  ±,420.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 17.1% 978,700 (±0.2% / ±12,701.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

90.1% ±7% (7,290  ±,594.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.5% 3,685,676 (±0.4% / ±13,889.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
31.3% ±4.7% (2,531  ±,381.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 43.7% 1,741,689 (±0.2% / ±8,758.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.9% (450  ±198) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 547,602
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

6.2% ±1.3% (562  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 8% 357,465 (±0.1% / ±4,722)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
562 Total veterans ±120 535 Male ±113 27 Female ±31

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