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Alamosa, CO

9,360 Population
7.9 square miles 1,185 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 32.3 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,981 ±$2,114 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alamosa County: $23,020 ±$2,151
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $39,545 ±$212
$38,000 ±$4,961 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alamosa County: $41,121 ±$3,437
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $75,231 ±$379

25% ±4.9% (2,149  ±423) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alamosa County: 18.5% † 2,806 (±3.2% / ±486)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 544,232 (±0.2% / ±9,500)

12.8 minutes ±2.2 (51,855  ±9,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 15.4 † 104,380 (±1.8 / ±13,984)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.8 67,224,980 (±0.1 / ±374,536)

Families

3,814 ±211 Number of households
  • Alamosa County: 6,240 ±225
  • Colorado: 2,137,402 ±4,703
2.2 ±0.1 (8,533  ±185) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 2.4 15,096 (±0.1 / ±235)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,565,331 (±0)

5.8% ±3.7% (160  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 5.1% † 214 (±2.6% / ±107)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 67,925 (±0.2% / ±2,020)

Housing

4,234 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Alamosa County: 6,887 ±94
  • Colorado: 2,361,372 ±816

$153,800 ±$14,984 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Alamosa County: $153,700 ±$10,913
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $369,900 ±$1,187

21.5% ±4.2% (1,984  ±383.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 17.5% † 2,789 (±2.6% / ±414.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 17.6% 989,926 (±0.2% / ±12,483.5)

Social

88% ±8.5% (4,543  ±484.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alamosa County: 87.2% 8,499 (±6% / ±591.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.1% 3,591,969 (±0.4% / ±14,618.8)
23.5% ±4.3% (1,212  ±230.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alamosa County: 24.5% † 2,385 (±3% / ±289.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 41.6% 1,622,853 (±0.3% / ±9,730.8)

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

7.7% ±2.3% (721  ±218) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Alamosa County: 7.7% † 1,237 (±1.6% / ±263)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 539,514 (±0.1% / ±6,492)

3.4% ±1.6% (239  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alamosa County: 5.5% † 669 (±1.2% / ±149)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 370,677 (±0.1% / ±4,887)
239 Total veterans ±112 211 Male ±111 28 Female ±33

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