Census Reporter

Alamosa, CO

9,441 Population
7.5 square miles 1,254.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 31.8 ±0.9
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$21,138 ±$2,530 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Alamosa County: $22,131 ±$1,834
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $38,226 ±$173
$35,085 ±$3,656 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Alamosa County: $37,515 † ±$3,772
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $72,331 ±$370

31.4% ±6.3% (2,697  ±543) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alamosa County: 23.5% † 3,528 (±3.8% / ±569)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 10.3% 565,873 (±0.1% / ±7,890)

12.7 minutes ±2.4 (51,570  ±10,804) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 14.6 93,855 (±1.4 / ±10,688)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.8 68,344,730 (±0.1 / ±304,616)

Families

3,828 ±241 Number of households
  • Alamosa County: 6,162 ±265
  • Colorado: 2,148,994 ±5,236
2.2 ±0.2 (8,554  ±212) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 2.4 15,017 (±0.1 / ±255)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,490,688 (±0)

5.7% ±3.5% (150  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 5.2% † 209 (±2.4% / ±98)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 5.1% 69,064 (±0.1% / ±1,964)

Housing

4,323 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Alamosa County: 7,024 ±105
  • Colorado: 2,386,475 ±846

$164,600 ±$10,002 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Alamosa County: $157,500 ±$9,163
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $343,300 ±$911

20.3% ±3.7% (1,884  ±344.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 17.9% † 2,844 (±2.9% / ±452.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 18% 996,893 (±0.2% / ±12,179.6)

Social

85.5% ±7.9% (4,506  ±448.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alamosa County: 86.9% 8,355 (±5.4% / ±522.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 91.8% 3,509,828 (±0.3% / ±12,607.7)
24.3% ±4.2% (1,279  ±227.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alamosa County: 25% † 2,409 (±2.8% / ±265.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 40.9% 1,565,134 (±0.2% / ±8,175)

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

9.5% ±2.9% (895  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 9.1% † 1,464 (±1.8% / ±291)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 546,513 (±0.1% / ±7,055)

4.8% ±1.8% (351  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alamosa County: 6.5% † 791 (±1.3% / ±155)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 8.7% 373,795 (±0.1% / ±4,146)
351 Total veterans ±136 327 Male ±136 24 Female ±23

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