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Census Tract 2, Chaffee, CO

4,985 Population
42.6 square miles 117.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±5.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Salida: 44.1 ±4.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chaffee County: 48.7 ±0.8

Economics

$49,483 ±$5,534 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Salida: $49,277 † ±$6,094
  • about the same as the amount in Chaffee County: $48,535 ±$3,281
$95,375 ±$22,592 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Salida: $70,045 † ±$12,816
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chaffee County: $84,132 ±$7,235

9.9% ±6% (481  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Salida: 11.1% † 636 (±4.9% / ±281)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chaffee County: 8.3% † 1,558 (±2.3% / ±431)

20.8 minutes ±7.6 (38,240  ±17,088) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Salida: 16.8 † 39,025 (±5.5 / ±14,278)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chaffee County: 18.1 † 125,635 (±2.3 / ±19,681)

Families

2,203 ±262 Number of households
  • Salida: 2,811 ±223
  • Chaffee County: 9,863 ±226
2.2 ±0.3 (4,857  ±415) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Salida: 2 5,727 (±0.2 / ±25)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chaffee County: 1.9 18,741 (±0 / ±35)

1.1% ±2% (13  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Salida: 3.2% † 47 (±3.1% / ±46)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chaffee County: 4.4% † 159 (±3% / ±111)

Housing

2,450 ±285 Number of housing units
  • Salida: 3,131 † ±323
  • Chaffee County: 11,482 ±275

$705,300 ±$54,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Salida: $648,500 ±$42,907
  • a little higher than the amount in Chaffee County: $665,700 ±$24,286

19.3% ±6.8% (958  ±347.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Salida: 22.6% † 1,311 (±6.5% / ±374.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chaffee County: 11.7% † 2,336 (±2.7% / ±538.5)

Social

96.3% ±8.5% (3,645  ±477.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Salida: 94.1% 4,129 (±8.9% / ±477.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Chaffee County: 94.7% 15,631 (±5.6% / ±958.2)
53.1% ±7.8% (2,012  ±352) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Salida: 53.5% † 2,347 (±7.3% / ±355)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chaffee County: 47% 7,752 (±4.1% / ±680.8)

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

1.8% ±1.5% (88  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Salida: 1.6% † 94 (±1.2% / ±70)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chaffee County: 2.5% 495

5% ±2.9% (211  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Salida: 7.1% † 346 (±3.1% / ±151)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chaffee County: 6.6% † 1,145 (±1.3% / ±216)
211 Total veterans ±123 210 Male ±123 1 Female ±3

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