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Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area

738,939 Population
2,683.9 square miles 275.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,471 ±$948 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $38,057 ±$390
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$67,430 ±$2,034 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $71,953 ±$655
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

9.7% ±1% (69,890  ±7,440) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 537,492 (±0.3% / ±18,885)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

23.9 minutes ±0.5 (8,210,340  ±238,390) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.9 70,126,780 (±0.2 / ±741,825)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

271,694 ±3,029 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,176,757 ±7,548
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.7 ±0 (720,404  ±1,745) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,574,416 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

4.6% ±0.9% (8,038  ±1,499) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 71,267 (±0.4% / ±4,836)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

288,688 ±1,406 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,424,128 ±610
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$290,100 ±$4,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $373,300 ±$2,652
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

22.3% ±1.7% (163,102  ±12,739.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 17.9% 1,006,195 (±0.5% / ±27,205.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

93.4% ±2.1% (451,207  ±10,095.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 91.9% 3,583,171 (±0.7% / ±28,984.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
38.6% ±1.3% (186,581  ±6,077.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 41.7% 1,625,549 (±0.4% / ±17,224.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

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

7.1% ±0.6% (52,276  ±4,687) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 549,181 (±0.3% / ±15,539)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

15.8% ±0.8% (84,542  ±4,439) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 371,081 (±0.2% / ±8,511)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
84,542 Total veterans ±4,439 72,963 Male ±4,237 11,579 Female ±1,631

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