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Alamosa, CO

9,704 Population
7.9 square miles 1,228.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 32.9 ±0.8
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,684 ±$2,636 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alamosa County: $25,249 † ±$2,542
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $42,807 ±$230
$43,153 ±$5,266 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alamosa County: $46,217 ±$4,358
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $80,184 ±$450

19.9% ±4.5% (1,779  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alamosa County: 16% † 2,466 (±3.4% / ±522)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 535,976 (±0.2% / ±9,772)

13.5 minutes ±2.6 (56,025  ±12,056) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 15.8 † 108,910 (±1.8 / ±14,298)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.8 65,671,540 (±0.1 / ±404,363)

Families

3,956 ±216 Number of households
  • Alamosa County: 6,327 ±181
  • Colorado: 2,227,932 ±3,823
2.2 ±0.1 (8,877  ±232) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alamosa County: 2.4 15,353 (±0.1 / ±250)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,608,531

4.7% ±3.8% (132  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Alamosa County: 4.9% † 199 (±3.1% / ±125)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 67,425 (±0.2% / ±2,062)

Housing

4,321 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Alamosa County: 7,009 ±109
  • Colorado: 2,454,873 ±585

$154,500 ±$18,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Alamosa County: $160,400 ±$11,714
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $397,500 ±$1,244

20.7% ±4% (1,998  ±384.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Alamosa County: 20.3% † 3,293 (±3.5% / ±564.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 17.3% 977,445 (±0.2% / ±12,877.5)

Social

88.7% ±8% (4,745  ±493.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alamosa County: 87% 8,533 (±5.6% / ±571.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,636,420 (±0.4% / ±14,055.8)
23.9% ±4.2% (1,279  ±233.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alamosa County: 25.6% † 2,516 (±3% / ±296.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 42.8% 1,686,169 (±0.2% / ±9,235.7)

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

7.2% ±2.7% (701  ±260) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Alamosa County: 7.6% † 1,245 (±1.9% / ±316)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 545,464 (±0.1% / ±7,091)

2.6% ±1.1% (190  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Alamosa County: 4.9% † 607 (±1% / ±124)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 8.3% 365,440 (±0.1% / ±4,311)
190 Total veterans ±78 181 Male ±76 9 Female ±16

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