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Colorado Springs, CO

488,670 Population
201.9 square miles 2,420.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$47,096 ±$2,320 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $46,474 ±$1,617
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $51,768 ±$630
$83,215 ±$3,803 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $89,792 ±$3,762
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $92,911 ±$1,057

6.6% ±0.8% (31,780  ±3,895) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 7.1% † 52,645 (±0.7% / ±5,504)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.3% 536,507 (±0.4% / ±22,964)

22.9 minutes ±0.8 (4,808,870  ±223,134) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 24.1 8,078,870 (±0.6 / ±270,425)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 64,361,552 (±0.3 / ±879,288)

Families

208,035 ±3,004 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 311,530 ±3,322
  • Colorado: 2,428,261 ±9,051
2.3 ±0 (478,740  ±391) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.4 746,878 (±0 / ±405)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,752,541

6.1% ±1.4% (7,407  ±1,680) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 5.7% † 10,561 (±1.2% / ±2,255)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 68,829 (±0.4% / ±5,130)

Housing

218,332 ±2,194 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 327,258 ±1,153
  • Colorado: 2,638,093 ±2,183

$460,900 ±$7,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $472,600 ±$6,140
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $550,300 ±$4,023

20% ±2% (96,411  ±9,532.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 18.6% 141,316 (±1.6% / ±11,833.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 15.7% 915,016 (±0.5% / ±29,617.2)

Social

95% ±2.7% (318,596  ±9,619.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 95.4% 495,546 (±2.3% / ±11,840.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.3% 3,857,279 (±0.8% / ±32,004.4)
44.8% ±1.8% (150,294  ±6,087.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 44.2% 229,439 (±1.5% / ±7,613.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 46.4% 1,920,057 (±0.5% / ±21,581.8)

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

7.1% ±0.9% (34,602  ±4,616) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 6.8% 52,227
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 563,101

12.7% ±1.1% (46,942  ±3,971) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 15.3% 85,085 (±0.9% / ±5,063)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 7.2% 332,717 (±0.2% / ±10,113)
46,942 Total veterans ±3,971 38,034 Male ±2,691 8,908 Female ±1,902

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