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Blanca, CO

230 Population
1.8 square miles 125.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±7.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 36.4 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,808 ±$4,536 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $29,746 ±$1,584
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,000 ±$40,598 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $51,237 ±$4,682
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±9.2% (28  ±24) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 16.2% † 4,333 (±2.4% / ±630)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±4.8 (1,500  ±824) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 18.7 208,610 (±1.5 / ±18,641)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

102 ±35 Number of households
  • the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 11,463 ±220
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.5 (230  ±92) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 2.3 26,677 (±0 / ±49)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

56.3% ±25.3% (27  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 5.6% † 347 (±2.1% / ±131)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

120 ±37 Number of housing units
  • the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 13,780 ±77
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,500 ±$42,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $217,700 ±$12,886
  • about one-third of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.8% ±9.5% (13  ±21.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 15.3% † 4,226 (±2.7% / ±743.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.1% ±19.7% (133  ±54.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 89.4% 16,170 (±4.1% / ±785.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.8% ±22.1% (14  ±35.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 29.4% 5,315 (±2.6% / ±471)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

27% ±11.4% (62  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 4.9% 1,347
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±6% (13  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,141 (±0.9% / ±182)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
13 Total veterans ±11 13 Male ±11 N/A Female ±14

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