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Buena Vista School District R-31, CO

10,061 Population
671.5 square miles 15 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chaffee County: 48.7 ±0.8
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,189 ±$5,350 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chaffee County: $48,535 ±$3,281
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,771 ±$15,315 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chaffee County: $84,132 ±$7,235
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.8% ±2.8% (511  ±249) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chaffee County: 8.3% † 1,558 (±2.3% / ±431)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±3 (56,855  ±12,580) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Chaffee County: 18.1 † 125,635 (±2.3 / ±19,681)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,641 ±356 Number of households
  • Chaffee County: 9,863 ±226
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (8,758  ±430) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chaffee County: 1.9 18,741 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±7.1% (102  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chaffee County: 4.4% † 159 (±3% / ±111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,557 ±380 Number of housing units
  • Chaffee County: 11,482 ±275
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$687,700 ±$41,648 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Chaffee County: $665,700 ±$24,286
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±2.5% (608  ±254.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chaffee County: 11.7% † 2,336 (±2.7% / ±538.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±5.6% (7,799  ±690.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chaffee County: 94.7% 15,631 (±5.6% / ±958.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44.2% ±4.8% (3,678  ±463) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chaffee County: 47% 7,752 (±4.1% / ±680.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

3.3% ±1.5% (336  ±155) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chaffee County: 2.5% 495
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.8% (547  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Chaffee County: 6.6% † 1,145 (±1.3% / ±216)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
547 Total veterans ±158 521 Male ±158 26 Female ±39

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