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Colorado Springs, CO

493,540 Population
202.1 square miles 2,442.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.7 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,059 ±$1,813 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $47,535 ±$1,410
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,672 ±$4,530 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $90,760 ±$2,571
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.8% ±1.2% (42,533  ±5,776) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 8.5% † 63,994 (±0.9% / ±6,802)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.3 minutes ±0.8 (4,983,200  ±230,891) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 24.8 8,362,020 (±0.8 / ±340,069)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.7 65,264,340 (±0.3 / ±872,544)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

209,874 ±3,022 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 316,919 ±2,636
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (481,948  ±361) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.4 754,212 (±0 / ±365)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.3% ±1.8% (8,854  ±2,135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 7.7% † 14,607 (±1.3% / ±2,479)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

218,794 ±3,002 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 330,484 ±1,094
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$479,500 ±$5,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $487,900 ±$6,007
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.6% ±1.8% (90,681  ±8,894.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 17.5% 133,923 (±1.5% / ±11,482.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.9% ±2.5% (324,433  ±9,457.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 95.2% 498,993 (±2.2% / ±11,548.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.2% 3,917,493 (±0.8% / ±32,413.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.4% ±1.7% (151,840  ±6,113.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 42.8% 224,033 (±1.4% / ±7,166.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.6% ±1.4% (42,199  ±6,691) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 7.9% 61,661
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

14.6% ±1.1% (54,526  ±4,323) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 15.5% 88,041 (±1% / ±5,418)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
54,526 Total veterans ±4,323 44,672 Male ±3,651 9,854 Female ±1,909

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