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Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area

762,792 Population
2,683.6 square miles 284.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,422 ±$1,220 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $44,617 ±$467
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$79,014 ±$3,015 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $82,254 ±$791
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

9.4% ±1.2% (69,948  ±8,657) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 553,272 (±0.4% / ±20,121)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.5 minutes ±0.7 (6,985,590  ±273,408) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25 56,953,656 (±0.2 / ±643,480)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

294,814 ±3,282 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,313,042 ±8,099
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (742,527  ±3,802) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,699,351 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.2% ±1% (9,466  ±1,737) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.4% 62,000 (±0.3% / ±4,537)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

309,704 ±1,677 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,540,783 ±353
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$397,900 ±$6,290 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $466,200 ±$2,390
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

19.2% ±1.6% (144,506  ±11,712.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 963,147 (±0.5% / ±27,895.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.5% ±2.2% (478,545  ±11,341.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,738,208 (±0.8% / ±30,604.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
41.5% ±1.4% (210,309  ±6,991.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 44.4% 1,796,240 (±0.5% / ±19,067.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

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

6.9% ±0.6% (52,695  ±4,695) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 570,273 (±0.2% / ±13,679)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

14.7% ±0.9% (81,378  ±4,834) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,485 (±0.2% / ±9,719)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
81,378 Total veterans ±4,834 68,793 Male ±4,149 12,585 Female ±1,998

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