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Alamosa, CO

9,780 Population
7.4 square miles 1,314.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 30.4 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 36.6 ±0.1

Economics

$20,482 ±$3,040 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Alamosa County: $21,328 ±$1,792
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $36,415 ±$167
$34,840 ±$4,810 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alamosa County: $39,191 † ±$4,112
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $68,811 ±$364

30.7% ±6.4% (2,730  ±575) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alamosa County: 23.7% † 3,635 (±4% / ±620)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 10.9% 590,504 (±0.2% / ±10,526)

12 minutes ±1.9 (48,495  ±8,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 13.6 87,620 (±1.2 / ±9,660)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.5 66,357,435 (±0.1 / ±329,143)

Families

3,859 ±221 Number of households
  • Alamosa County: 6,153 ±209
  • Colorado: 2,113,387 ±4,542
2.3 ±0.1 (8,874  ±192) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 2.5 15,355 (±0.1 / ±245)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,411,306 (±0)

6.1% ±4.2% (165  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 5.8% † 241 (±3% / ±124)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 5.3% 70,270 (±0.2% / ±2,208)

Housing

4,313 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Alamosa County: 6,936 ±104
  • Colorado: 2,352,202 ±668

$161,700 ±$8,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Alamosa County: $157,500 ±$6,643
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $313,600 ±$1,077

24.4% ±4.3% (2,346  ±409.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 20.1% † 3,258 (±3% / ±485.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 18.4% 1,003,322 (±0.2% / ±11,128.4)

Social

85.3% ±7.5% (4,547  ±452.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alamosa County: 86.5% 8,239 (±5.4% / ±522)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 91.4% 3,425,874 (±0.3% / ±11,765)
25.9% ±4% (1,381  ±223.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alamosa County: 26.1% † 2,484 (±2.7% / ±258.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 40.2% 1,504,892 (±0.2% / ±7,266.3)

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

9.2% ±2.4% (897  ±238) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 8.5% † 1,405 (±1.7% / ±273)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 542,977 (±0.1% / ±7,083)

5.5% ±1.7% (422  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alamosa County: 7.5% † 937 (±1.3% / ±163)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 8.9% 375,746 (±0.1% / ±3,514)
422 Total veterans ±129 407 Male ±128 15 Female ±19

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