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Colorado Springs, CO

483,969 Population
195.8 square miles 2,471.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 37.6 ±0.2

Economics

$39,808 ±$1,475 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $39,422 ±$1,220
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $44,617 ±$467
$74,579 ±$2,964 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $79,014 ±$3,015
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $82,254 ±$791

10.5% ±1.4% (49,757  ±6,431) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 9.4% † 69,948 (±1.2% / ±8,657)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 553,272 (±0.4% / ±20,121)

21 minutes ±0.5 (4,186,370  ±185,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 22.5 6,985,590 (±0.7 / ±273,408)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25 56,953,656 (±0.2 / ±643,480)

Families

197,542 ±3,531 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 294,814 ±3,282
  • Colorado: 2,313,042 ±8,099
2.4 ±0.1 (474,592  ±3,643) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.5 742,527 (±0 / ±3,802)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,699,351 (±0)

4.2% ±1% (4,967  ±1,176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 5.2% † 9,466 (±1% / ±1,737)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 4.4% 62,000 (±0.3% / ±4,537)

Housing

205,380 ±3,006 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 309,704 ±1,677
  • Colorado: 2,540,783 ±353

$390,500 ±$7,176 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $397,900 ±$6,290
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $466,200 ±$2,390

20.4% ±2.1% (97,787  ±9,974.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 19.2% 144,506 (±1.6% / ±11,712.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 963,147 (±0.5% / ±27,895.6)

Social

93.6% ±2.5% (308,365  ±9,055.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 94.5% 478,545 (±2.2% / ±11,341.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,738,208 (±0.8% / ±30,604.4)
42.8% ±1.6% (141,004  ±5,599.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 41.5% 210,309 (±1.4% / ±6,991.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 44.4% 1,796,240 (±0.5% / ±19,067.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.6% ±0.9% (36,797  ±4,201) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 6.9% 52,695 (±0.6% / ±4,695)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 570,273 (±0.2% / ±13,679)

13.9% ±1% (50,792  ±3,658) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 14.7% 81,378 (±0.9% / ±4,834)
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,485 (±0.2% / ±9,719)
50,792 Total veterans ±3,658 43,021 Male ±3,226 7,771 Female ±1,431

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