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Salida, CO

5,861 Population
2.8 square miles 2,099.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chaffee County: 48.7 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$49,277 ±$6,094 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chaffee County: $48,535 ±$3,281
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
$70,045 ±$12,816 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chaffee County: $84,132 ±$7,235
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578

11.1% ±4.9% (636  ±281) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chaffee County: 8.3% † 1,558 (±2.3% / ±431)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)

16.8 minutes ±5.5 (39,025  ±14,278) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chaffee County: 18.1 † 125,635 (±2.3 / ±19,681)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)

Families

2,811 ±223 Number of households
  • Chaffee County: 9,863 ±226
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
2 ±0.2 (5,727  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chaffee County: 1.9 18,741 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481

3.2% ±3.1% (47  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chaffee County: 4.4% † 159 (±3% / ±111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)

Housing

3,131 ±323 Number of housing units
  • Chaffee County: 11,482 ±275
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653

$648,500 ±$42,907 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Chaffee County: $665,700 ±$24,286
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069

22.6% ±6.5% (1,311  ±374.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Chaffee County: 11.7% † 2,336 (±2.7% / ±538.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)

Social

94.1% ±8.9% (4,129  ±477.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chaffee County: 94.7% 15,631 (±5.6% / ±958.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
53.5% ±7.3% (2,347  ±355) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chaffee County: 47% 7,752 (±4.1% / ±680.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)

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

1.6% ±1.2% (94  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chaffee County: 2.5% 495
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653

7.1% ±3.1% (346  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chaffee County: 6.6% † 1,145 (±1.3% / ±216)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
346 Total veterans ±151 287 Male ±139 59 Female ±64

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