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Durango School District 9-R, CO

42,394 Population
1,078.9 square miles 39.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in La Plata County: 43.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,185 ±$2,470 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in La Plata County: $49,353 ±$1,984
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,713 ±$4,632 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in La Plata County: $86,056 ±$3,029
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±1.8% (5,067  ±751) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in La Plata County: 11.7% † 6,375 (±1.4% / ±762)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±0.6 (333,130  ±17,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in La Plata County: 20.3 479,525 (±0.8 / ±24,771)
  • 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

18,641 ±482 Number of households
  • La Plata County: 24,378 ±505
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (40,657  ±647) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in La Plata County: 2.2 54,549 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±2.4% (605  ±235) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in La Plata County: 5.8% † 723 (±1.9% / ±233)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,957 ±364 Number of housing units
  • La Plata County: 28,990 ±47
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$660,000 ±$22,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in La Plata County: $591,500 ±$21,396
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±1.9% (6,980  ±800.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in La Plata County: 14.8% † 8,276 (±1.6% / ±891.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±3.7% (30,088  ±1,254.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in La Plata County: 96.5% 39,901 (±3.3% / ±1,378)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
53.1% ±2.6% (16,471  ±839.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in La Plata County: 49.3% 20,379 (±2.2% / ±927.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 1.5 times 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

3.4% ±0.8% (1,449  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in La Plata County: 3.1% 1,748
  • 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

5.7% ±1.1% (1,991  ±398) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in La Plata County: 6.7% † 3,091 (±0.9% / ±432)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,991 Total veterans ±398 1,700 Male ±323 291 Female ±162

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