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Alamosa, CO

9,847 Population
8 square miles 1,236.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 36 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,077 ±$2,382 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $29,009 ±$1,734
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$46,969 ±$3,561 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $48,011 ±$3,357
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

17.8% ±6% (1,615  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 17.5% † 4,668 (±3% / ±804)
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

13.3 minutes ±2.7 (55,000  ±12,359) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 18.5 204,165 (±1.2 / ±15,891)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

3,894 ±205 Number of households
  • the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 11,256 ±252
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.3 ±0.1 (8,986  ±55) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 2.4 26,572 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

4.2% ±3.2% (119  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 4.9% † 306 (±2% / ±128)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

4,197 ±188 Number of housing units
  • the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 13,624 ±74
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$200,200 ±$35,795 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $191,800 ±$8,497
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

20.1% ±5.8% (1,975  ±,571.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 15.4% † 4,223 (±2.7% / ±,752.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

89.9% ±9.4% (4,834  ±,556.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 89.2% 15,801 (±4.1% / ±,738.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
29.7% ±5.2% (1,597  ±,290.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 27.4% 4,850 (±2.2% / ±,390.1)
  • about two-thirds 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

5.6% ±2.4% (554  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 4.6% 1,267
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

2.4% ±1.3% (171  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 6% † 1,273 (±0.9% / ±198)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
171 Total veterans ±95 158 Male ±89 13 Female ±23

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