Alamosa, Colorado Neighborhood Info

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Alamosa, Colorado QuickFacts

	Alamosa, Colorado	United States
Total population	7,960	281,421,906
State	Colorado
City	alamosa

Alamosa, Colorado Population

	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
Male	3,801	47.75%	49.06%
Female	4,159	52.25%	50.94%
Median age (years)	27.7		35.3

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	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
18 years and over	6,014	75.55%	74.31%
21 years and over	5,082	63.84%	69.97%
62 years and over	1,009	12.68%	14.66%
65 years and over	870	10.93%	12.43%

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	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
White	5,455	68.53%	75.14%
Black or African American	112	1.41%	12.32%
Asian	76	0.95%	3.64%
Some other race	1,976	24.82%	5.46%
Two or more races	341	4.28%	2.43%

Alamosa, Colorado Housing

	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
Total households	2,974		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,771	59.55%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,203	40.45%	31.94%

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	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
Total housing units	3,173		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	241	7.6%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	2,974	93.73%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	1,560	49.16%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,414	44.56%	30.77%

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	Alamosa, Colorado	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	224	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	630	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	297	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	76	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	46	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	21	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	5	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	83,100	119,600

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	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	887	29.83%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	830	27.91%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	390	13.11%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	352	11.84%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	217	7.3%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	266	8.94%	9.65%

Alamosa, Colorado Education

	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,931		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	101	3.45%	6.47%
Kindergarten	87	2.97%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	835	28.49%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	315	10.75%	21.38%
College or graduate school	1,593	54.35%	22.81%

Alamosa, Colorado Economy

	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
Population 16 years and over	6,250		217,168,077
In labor force	3,972	63.55%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	3,972	63.55%	63.39%
- - Employed	3,499	55.98%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	473	7.57%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	11.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	2,278	36.45%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	3,399	54.38%	51.66%
In labor force	2,093	33.49%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	2,093	33.49%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,849	29.58%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	549	8.78%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	359		12,787,501

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	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,958		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	577	19.51%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	349	11.8%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	524	17.71%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	426	14.4%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	439	14.84%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	323	10.92%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	98	3.31%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	177	5.98%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	16	0.54%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	29	0.98%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	25,453		41,994

	Alamosa, Colorado	%, Alamosa, Colorado	United States
With earnings	2,308	36.93%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	35,442		56,604
With Social Security income	659	10.54%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	8,777		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	157	2.51%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	4,035		6,320
With public assistance income	215	3.44%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,530		3,032
With retirement income	340	5.44%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	19,854		17,376

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