Colorado Springs, CO (Colorado) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 360,798 (Urban population: 359,176, Rural population: 1,622 (4 farm, 1,618 nonfarm))

Colorado Springs, Colorado Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 148,850 (141,672 occupied: 86,076 owner occupied, 55,596 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	39%
State:	33%

Housing density: 801 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $190,300 (lower quartile is $146,300, upper quartile is $254,500)

Median contract rent in 2005: $629 (lower quartile is $498, upper quartile is $837)

Housing units in Colorado Springs with a mortgage: 61,865 (9,893 second mortgage, 5,655 home equity loan, 223 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14,655

Median year house/condo built: 1982

Median year apartment built: 1980

Household type by relationship

Households: 353,624

In family households: 293,284 (72,326 male householders, 21,565 female householders)
74,771 spouses, 106,209 children (96,677 natural, 3,206 adopted, 6,326 stepchildren), 4,035 grandchildren, 2,115 brothers or sisters, 1,599 parents, 3,714 other relatives, 6,950 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 60,340 (23,306 male householders (17,587 living alone)), 24,560 female householders (20,697 living alone)), 12,474 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 7,174 (3,692 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 39,108 2-persons, 22,023 3-persons, 19,676 4-persons, 8,447 5-persons, 3,300 6-persons, 1,337 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 38,284 1-person, 7,830 2-persons, 1,155 3-persons, 424 4-persons, 134 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

66,306 married couples with children.
21,624 single-parent households (4,773 men, 16,851 women).

88.3% of residents of Colorado Springs speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 25,264 (7.0%)
(44.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.1
State:	6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	3.9

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

1 room: 103
2 rooms: 782
3 rooms: 2,476
4 rooms: 6,005
5 rooms: 11,044
6 rooms: 14,117
7 rooms: 14,986
8 rooms: 15,011
9 or more rooms: 21,552

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

1 room: 3,064
2 rooms: 7,144
3 rooms: 11,612
4 rooms: 15,900
5 rooms: 8,043
6 rooms: 3,977
7 rooms: 2,685
8 rooms: 1,793
9 or more rooms: 1,378

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 4,837
1995 to 1998: 15,011
1990 to 1994: 10,069
1980 to 1989: 33,435
1970 to 1979: 36,196
1960 to 1969: 19,976
1950 to 1959: 13,738
1940 to 1949: 4,120
1939 or earlier: 11,468

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Colorado Springs:

no bedroom: 236
1 bedroom: 2,261
2 bedrooms: 13,648
3 bedrooms: 32,794
4 bedrooms: 26,614
5 or more bedrooms: 10,523

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Colorado Springs:

no bedroom: 3,503
1 bedroom: 17,984
2 bedrooms: 22,102
3 bedrooms: 7,927
4 bedrooms: 3,215
5 or more bedrooms: 865

Cars and other vehicles available in Colorado Springs in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 2,210
1 vehicle: 20,964
2 vehicles: 42,582
3 vehicles: 15,116
4 vehicles: 3,894
5 or more vehicles: 1,310

Cars and other vehicles available in Colorado Springs in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 6,674
1 vehicle: 28,403
2 vehicles: 16,570
3 vehicles: 2,930
4 vehicles: 714
5 or more vehicles: 305

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Colorado Springs, CO:

Less than $10,000: 51
$10,000 to $14,999: 52
$15,000 to $19,999: 56
$20,000 to $24,999: 53
$25,000 to $29,999: 40
$30,000 to $34,999: 36
$35,000 to $39,999: 51
$40,000 to $49,999: 61
$50,000 to $59,999: 407
$60,000 to $69,999: 735
$70,000 to $79,999: 1348
$80,000 to $89,999: 2817
$90,000 to $99,999: 4645
$100,000 to $124,999: 13358
$125,000 to $149,999: 16494
$150,000 to $174,999: 12018
$175,000 to $199,999: 6980
$200,000 to $249,999: 7889
$250,000 to $299,999: 4010
$300,000 to $399,999: 2926
$400,000 to $499,999: 1094
$500,000 to $749,999: 952
$750,000 to $999,999: 271
$1,000,000 or more: 176

Colorado Springs rent paid by renters graph

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Colorado Springs:

Less than $100: 399
$100 to $149: 568
$150 to $199: 537
$200 to $249: 438
$250 to $299: 640
$300 to $349: 1710
$350 to $399: 2905
$400 to $449: 4825
$450 to $499: 4889
$500 to $549: 5070
$550 to $599: 5751
$600 to $649: 4847
$650 to $699: 4167
$700 to $749: 3407
$750 to $799: 3039
$800 to $899: 4035
$900 to $999: 2425
$1,000 to $1,249: 2673
$1,250 to $1,499: 908
$1,500 to $1,999: 440
$2,000 or more: 322
No cash rent: 1470

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 7,546
1990 to 1994: 3,229
1985 to 1989: 2,866
1980 to 1984: 2,283
1975 to 1979: 1,855
1970 to 1974: 1,554
1970 to 1974: 1,338
1965 to 1969: 4,593

Colorado Springs, CO Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.9%
Number of people working at home: 6,915 (3.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 4614
5 to 9 minutes: 18940
10 to 14 minutes: 32055
15 to 19 minutes: 37321
20 to 24 minutes: 36056
25 to 29 minutes: 11473
30 to 34 minutes: 19655
35 to 39 minutes: 2134
40 to 44 minutes: 2409
45 to 59 minutes: 4913
60 to 89 minutes: 3998
90 or more minutes: 3323

Colorado Springs mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 146,310 (80%)
Carpooled: 21,547 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,855 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 41 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 32 (0%)
Railroad: 24 (0%)
Ferryboat: 14 (0%)
Taxi: 219 (0%)
Motorcycle: 245 (0%)
Bicycle: 964 (1%)
Walked: 4,514 (2%)
Other means: 1,126 (1%)
Worked at home: 6,915 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 9379
$10,000 to $14,999: 6966
$15,000 to $19,999: 8065
$20,000 to $24,999: 9750
$25,000 to $29,999: 9681
$30,000 to $34,999: 9005
$35,000 to $39,999: 8885
$40,000 to $44,999: 9013
$45,000 to $49,999: 7852
$50,000 to $59,999: 14492
$60,000 to $74,999: 16116
$75,000 to $99,999: 16171
$100,000 to $124,999: 7245
$125,000 to $149,999: 3648
$150,000 to $199,999: 2854
$200,000 or more: 2635

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 80537
German: 56837
English: 28790
Irish: 26695
United States or American: 19877
Italian: 12599
Norwegian: 6995
French (except Basque): 6830
Scottish: 6544
Polish: 6516
Scotch-Irish: 6222
Swedish: 5224
European: 4838
Dutch: 3949
French Canadian: 2350
Danish: 2001
British: 1792
Subsaharan African:: 1739
Welsh: 1670
Czech: 1544
African: 1457
Russian: 1404
Hungarian: 1060
Swiss: 957
Austrian: 937
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 864
Canadian: 818
Arab:: 777
Greek: 716
Czechoslovakian: 669
Ukrainian: 663
Scandinavian: 599
Lithuanian: 583
Finnish: 567
Slovak: 479
Iranian: 472
Northern European: 467
Jamaican: 410
Portuguese: 375
Belgian: 321
Yugoslavian: 311
Lebanese: 289
Eastern European: 275
Croatian: 269
Romanian: 255
Pennsylvania German: 222
Slovene: 183
Celtic: 153
Slavic: 150
Latvian: 140
West Indian: 136
Australian: 134
Bulgarian: 127
Other Arab: 113
Barbadian: 106
Egyptian: 99
Luxemburger: 95
Brazilian: 95
Other Subsaharan African: 94
Serbian: 94
Moroccan: 83
South African: 77
Armenian: 73
Icelander: 68
Haitian: 68
Arab/Arabic: 66
German Russian: 60
Syrian: 57
Palestinian: 56
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 55
Nigerian: 52
Basque: 44
Dutch West Indian: 36
Israeli: 35
Acadian/Cajun: 31
Maltese: 25
U.S. Virgin Islander: 25
Turkish: 23
Ghanian: 23
Cape Verdean: 22
Macedonian: 19
Estonian: 17
Albanian: 17
Iraqi: 14
British West Indian: 14
Alsatian: 14
Kenyan: 11
New Zealander: 10
Soviet Union: 8
Belizean: 8
Afghan: 8
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 7
Guyanese: 6
Bermudan: 6
Ethiopian: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (22%)
Germany (13%)
Korea (10%)
United Kingdom (6%)
India (6%)
Canada (6%)
Philippines (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 106683
Northeast: 30391
Midwest: 78141
South: 57651
West: 51644

42% of Colorado Springs residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 17% lived in Colorado.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 447
Nursery to 4th grade: 236
5th and 6th grade: 685
7th and 8th grade: 1,383
9th grade: 1,023
10th grade: 1,466
11th grade: 1,617
12th grade, no diploma: 2,339
High school graduate (or equivalency): 22,480
Less than 1 year of college: 7,781
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 20,138
Associate degree: 10,197
Bachelor's degree: 24,201
Master's degree: 12,043
Professional school degree: 2,807
Doctorate degree: 1,857

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 518
Nursery to 4th grade: 244
5th and 6th grade: 627
7th and 8th grade: 1,631
9th grade: 1,364
10th grade: 2,084
11th grade: 2,209
12th grade, no diploma: 2,933
High school graduate (or equivalency): 28,047
Less than 1 year of college: 10,125
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 21,891
Associate degree: 10,409
Bachelor's degree: 24,555
Master's degree: 9,300
Professional school degree: 1,327
Doctorate degree: 612

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.8%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 8.1%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 8.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.1%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 8.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.7%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $47,413
Black householders: $37,410
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $34,358
Asian householders: $46,966
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $31,481
Some other race householders: $31,260
Two or more races householders: $37,660
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $34,940

Colorado Springs household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Colorado Springs household income for Black or African American householders

Colorado Springs household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Colorado Springs household income for Asian householders

Colorado Springs household income for some other race householders

Colorado Springs household income for two or more races householders

Colorado Springs household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Colorado Springs marital status for males

Colorado Springs marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $149,700
Black or African American householders: $125,000
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $121,200
Asian householders: $163,300
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $114,400
Some other race householders: $115,600
Two or more races householders: $134,900
Hispanic or Latino householders: $126,700

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 89,149
One, attached: 9,286
Two: 3,117
3 or 4: 8,388
5 to 9: 7,481
10 to 19: 9,722
20 to 49: 9,853
50 or more: 7,752
Mobile homes: 3,928
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 174

Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Colorado Springs:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (90%)
Electricity (8%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (65%)
Electricity (33%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,141

Here:	9.7%
Colorado:	8.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,898

Here:	9.4%
Colorado:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5,828

Here:	30.6%
Colorado:	16.7%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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