Census Reporter

Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area

723,878 Population
2,683.9 square miles 269.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Interact with charts and statistics for margins of error and additional information.

Demographics

34.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 36.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,892 ±$654 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $36,345 ±$369
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$65,593 ±$1,705 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $69,117 ±$780
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

10.7% ±1.1% (75,407  ±7,641) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 10.3% 564,312 (±0.3% / ±17,223)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

24.5 minutes ±0.6 (8,129,855  ±255,099) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 25.9 68,444,670 (±0.2 / ±733,663)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

268,122 ±2,621 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,139,207 ±8,774
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.6 ±0 (707,023  ±1,471) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,487,865 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

6.9% ±1.2% (12,062  ±2,110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 70,949 (±0.3% / ±3,869)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

284,800 ±1,129 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,385,495 ±329
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$274,100 ±$4,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $348,900 ±$2,122
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

22.2% ±1.6% (158,585  ±11,339.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 18% 995,553 (±0.4% / ±24,136)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

93.8% ±2% (441,406  ±9,484.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 91.6% 3,502,432 (±0.7% / ±26,807.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
39.2% ±1.2% (184,226  ±5,824.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 41.2% 1,574,697 (±0.4% / ±16,328.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

6.6% ±0.6% (47,818  ±4,098) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 550,768 (±0.2% / ±12,818)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

17.1% ±0.7% (88,343  ±3,838) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Colorado: 8.7% 372,857 (±0.2% / ±8,651)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
88,343 Total veterans ±3,838 74,196 Male ±3,196 14,147 Female ±1,712

Interact with charts and statistics for margins of error and additional information.