Air Force Academy, Colorado

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Back to Air Force Academy, CO housing info, Mesa County, Colorado, CO smaller cities, CO small cities, All Cities.   Submit your own pictures of this place and show them to the World General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Air Force Academy, CO Mesa County Population in July 2007: 8,896. Males: 5,845   (65.7%) Females: 3,051   (34.3%) Median resident age:   20.9 years Colorado median age:   34.3 years Zip codes: 80840. Estimated median household income in 2008: $67,476 (it was $43,417 in 2000) Air Force Academy:   $67,476 Colorado:   $56,993 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $15,934 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $327,271 (it was $165,600 in 2000) Air Force Academy:   $327,271 Colorado:   $242,200 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $303,777; Detached houses: $266,798; Townhouses or other attached units: $419,544 Air Force Academy, CO residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for: near:   Races in Air Force Academy: White Non-Hispanic (79.2%) Hispanic (8.7%) Black (5.8%) Two or more races (3.7%) Other race (3.1%) American Indian (1.4%) Filipino (1.0%) Korean (0.7%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Air Force Academy: 94.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Air Force Academy, Colorado on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Air Force Academy is mentioned 211 times on our forum: Renting a place close to the Air Force Academy  (4 replies) Love the US Air Force Academy  (1 reply) What city has the better downtown, Pueblo or Colorado Springs?  (159 replies) Colorado Springs - The Negatives .  (285 replies) Mixed couples with biracial children in CO Springs?  (119 replies) Wanting to move to a smaller town in CO  (88 replies) Ancestries: German (24.0%), Irish (13.7%), English (10.2%), United States (7.3%), Italian (5.7%), Norwegian (3.2%). Current Local Time: MST time zone Elevation: 4833 feet Land area: 10.0 square miles. Population density: 888 people per square mile   (low).

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Air Force Academy-area historical tornado activity is above Colorado state average. It is 22% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/13/1977, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 5.8 miles away from the Air Force Academy place center .

On 6/24/1979, a category 3 tornado 10.2 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Air Force Academy-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Colorado state average. It is 77% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/25/1994 at 19:06:07, a magnitude 4.0 (4.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 20.9 miles away from Air Force Academy center
On 12/23/1995 at 06:51:48, a magnitude 3.6 (3.5 MB, 3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 18.1 miles away from the city center
On 1/18/1997 at 22:04:39, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 MB, 2.8 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 14.9 miles away from the city center
On 7/22/2001 at 19:22:45, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 14.6 miles away from Air Force Academy center
On 12/28/2003 at 02:55:02, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 99.1 miles away from the city center
On 1/26/2008 at 03:49:01, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 53.9 miles away from Air Force Academy center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)

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Cemeteries: United States Air Force Academy Cemetery (1), Capps Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map Reservoirs: Non Potable Reservoir 4 (A), Non Potable Reservoir 2 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map Creek: Goat Camp Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map Park in Air Force Academy: Falcon Stadium (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	3.6 people
Colorado:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	98.6%
Whole state:	65.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	0.4%
Whole state:	5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.1% of all households

This place:	2.8%
Whole state:	9.3%

This place:	0.3%
Whole state:	4.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Air Force Academy, CO

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Here		28.6%
USA		50.2%

8.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,805 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.52%
Colorado average:	10.77%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($298 average AGI)

Mesa County:	0.07%
Colorado average:	0.18%

from Garfield County, CO	0.51% ($48,260 average AGI)
from Delta County, CO	0.30% ($33,014)
from Jefferson County, CO	0.26% ($42,254)

6.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,794 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.09%
Colorado average:	10.03%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($150 average AGI)

Mesa County:	0.04%
Colorado average:	0.12%

to Garfield County, CO	0.32% ($36,248 average AGI)
to Jefferson County, CO	0.20% ($30,568)
to Montrose County, CO	0.20% ($34,978)

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