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Center, CO

2,120 Population
0.9 square miles 2,454 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±7.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Saguache County: 49.6 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,337 ±$4,702 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Saguache County: $41,682 † ±$9,228
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,750 ±$22,835 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Saguache County: $50,082 † ±$9,396
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.9% ±10.1% (422  ±220) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Saguache County: 17.8% † 1,164 (±4.5% / ±296)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.5 minutes ±2.6 (11,020  ±3,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Saguache County: 17.5 † 43,885 (±2.1 / ±7,083)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,031 ±151 Number of households
  • Saguache County: 3,397 ±131
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (2,120  ±261) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Saguache County: 1.9 6,547 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,117 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Saguache County: 3,902 ±19
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,000 ±$28,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Saguache County: $212,600 † ±$28,188
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±9.8% (277  ±211.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Saguache County: 8.5% † 557 (±3.5% / ±233.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.5% ±16.1% (1,143  ±260.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Saguache County: 91.9% 4,816 (±8.3% / ±441.2)
  • 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)
17% ±8.3% (238  ±119.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Saguache County: 31.3% † 1,640 (±4.7% / ±248.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about half 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

13.8% ±5.3% (293  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Saguache County: 7.7% 509
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±6.7% (96  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Saguache County: 8.6% † 465 (±3% / ±164)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±102 91 Male ±104 5 Female ±10

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