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La Junta, CO Urban Area

7,489 Population
3.9 square miles 1,931.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,975 ±$3,093 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,852 ±$6,737 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.1% ±6.9% (1,875  ±499) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±6.9 (59,025  ±20,713) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,240 ±253 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (7,161  ±316) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±4.5% (81  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,576 ±260 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$178,400 ±$41,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±5.3% (1,002  ±393.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±9.3% (4,155  ±521.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±4.1% (852  ±209.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

3.6% ±2.3% (272  ±169) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±3.1% (502  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
502 Total veterans ±177 502 Male ±177 N/A Female ±19

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