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Durango Southwest CCD, La Plata County, CO

5,984 Population
482.8 square miles 12.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in La Plata County: 42.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$44,948 ±$3,930 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in La Plata County: $45,717 ±$1,633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$84,216 ±$5,929 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in La Plata County: $85,296 ±$3,572
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

8.8% ±2.1% (523  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in La Plata County: 12.5% † 6,755 (±1.3% / ±716)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

28.2 minutes ±4.7 (70,350  ±8,160) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in La Plata County: 20.7 487,170 (±0.6 / ±23,735)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

2,302 ±128 Number of households
  • La Plata County: 23,200 ±453
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.6 ±0.1 (5,961  ±435) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in La Plata County: 2.3 54,290 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

6.5% ±2.6% (79  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in La Plata County: 5.5% † 684 (±1.9% / ±243)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

2,604 ±130 Number of housing units
  • La Plata County: 28,613 ±49
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$475,600 ±$26,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in La Plata County: $549,100 ±$17,287
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

8.9% ±2.3% (527  ±142.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in La Plata County: 15.2% † 8,457 (±1.6% / ±890.4)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

94.4% ±8.2% (4,287  ±248.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in La Plata County: 96.4% 39,384 (±3.2% / ±1,307.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
36.4% ±2% (1,654  ±140.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in La Plata County: 47.3% 19,307 (±2.2% / ±895.1)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.2% ±1.2% (190  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in La Plata County: 2.5% 1,425
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

8.4% ±1.3% (411  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in La Plata County: 7.1% † 3,250 (±0.8% / ±377)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
411 Total veterans ±72 364 Male ±70 47 Female ±23

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