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Penrose, CO

4,087 Population
17.8 square miles 229 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±5.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 44.7 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,572 ±$24,978 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: $32,082 ±$2,653
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,109 ±$17,560 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: $62,664 ±$4,433
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±5.3% (459  ±231) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 13.4% † 5,619 (±2.1% / ±894)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±1.5 (26,900  ±7,751) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 24.7 377,305 (±2.1 / ±39,138)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,475 ±174 Number of households
  • the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 17,976 ±411
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (4,076  ±714) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 2.3 41,970 (±0.1 / ±167)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.2% ±10.7% (82  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 5.5% † 409 (±2.2% / ±167)
  • 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

1,622 ±182 Number of housing units
  • the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 20,605 ±74
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$308,800 ±$49,346 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: $324,000 ±$11,504
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±3.3% (253  ±136.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 10.9% † 5,352 (±1.7% / ±817.9)
  • 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

93.5% ±4.2% (2,801  ±385.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 90.8% 35,175 (±3.2% / ±1,239.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.4% ±6.7% (941  ±234.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 22% 8,514 (±1.7% / ±649.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.6% ±0.8% (24  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 2.3% 1,134
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.3% ±3.7% (389  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cañon City, CO Micro Area: 10.5% 4,378 (±1% / ±411)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
389 Total veterans ±126 300 Male ±98 89 Female ±74

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