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81101

15,550 Population
369 square miles 42.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 36.4 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,490 ±$2,782 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $29,746 ±$1,584
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
$54,844 ±$5,420 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $51,237 ±$4,682
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578

18.2% ±3.9% (2,664  ±569) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 16.2% † 4,333 (±2.4% / ±630)
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)

15.9 minutes ±2.1 (107,885  ±16,007) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 18.7 208,610 (±1.5 / ±18,641)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)

Families

6,292 ±172 Number of households
  • the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 11,463 ±220
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
2.3 ±0.1 (14,606  ±263) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 2.3 26,677 (±0 / ±49)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481

7% ±3.3% (264  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 5.6% † 347 (±2.1% / ±131)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)

Housing

6,812 ±105 Number of housing units
  • the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 13,780 ±77
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653

$240,400 ±$23,608 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: $217,700 ±$12,886
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069

19.1% ±4.2% (2,953  ±655.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 15.3% † 4,226 (±2.7% / ±743.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)

Social

88.2% ±6.6% (8,457  ±679.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 89.4% 16,170 (±4.1% / ±785.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
32.4% ±4.1% (3,106  ±399.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 29.4% 5,315 (±2.6% / ±471)
  • about two-thirds of 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

5.3% ±1.5% (826  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 4.9% 1,347
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653

3.2% ±0.9% (383  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Alamosa, CO Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,141 (±0.9% / ±182)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
383 Total veterans ±111 367 Male ±113 16 Female ±22

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