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Depends on the definition of large. Colo Spgs active duty military is only 7% of El Paso county's total population. Larger than most, but small than many other areas with military bases. Colo Spgs is also home the the fastest growing university in CO and houses nearly all Olympic sports governing body headquarters and associated sports medicine and training facilities.
7% of the entire county is a lot of people! That's a huge subset! Considering most are in COS their percentage is even higher! College students are beyond the millennial ages now. Freshmen were born in 2000-2001. I don't think the athletes staying at the Olympic Training Center to train are counted as the population.
7% of the entire county is a lot of people! That's a huge subset! Considering most are in COS their percentage is even higher! College students are beyond the millennial ages now. Freshmen were born in 2000-2001. I don't think the athletes staying at the Olympic Training Center to train are counted as the population.
All depends on perspective. Cities with 5,6,or 7 percent of a racial mix are often cited for not being diverse, yet 7% of a military mix is a lot? Perspective matters. It certainly is more than most, but less than some. In fact, according to 24/7 Wall St, Colo Spgs is only #15 on military populations, and they included the whole family figures.
40,711 moved in while 38,455 moved out? Only a net migration of 2256
Austin is becoming tapped out and has been an "it" city for awhile. The rising cost of living there has made it difficult to assimilate into and there's only so many living wage or better jobs available in any city.
All depends on perspective. Cities with 5,6,or 7 percent of a racial mix are often cited for not being diverse, yet 7% of a military mix is a lot? Perspective matters. It certainly is more than most, but less than some. In fact, according to 24/7 Wall St, Colo Spgs is only #15 on military populations, and they included the whole family figures.
Besides, if 26% of our population is millennials, military is an even smaller subset of that as not all military is under 30 years of age.
I'm not sure why you're doubling down so on this. For one thing, if it's 7% of ElPaso COUNTY, and most of them live in Colorado Springs, then Colorado Springs' percentage is higher! Millennials are not all under 30. According to Pew Research "(a)nyone born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 23 to 38 in 2019) is considered a Millennial, and anyone born from 1997 onward is part of a new generation."
Austin is becoming tapped out and has been an "it" city for awhile. The rising cost of living there has made it difficult to assimilate into and there's only so many living wage or better jobs available in any city.
The issue is certainly not jobs, Austin's economy is growing insanely fast, hence the rising cost of living. What is limited is housing stock; Austin isn't built out as a high density city, and zoning laws limit the ability of developers to change that. I suspect that you would see much larger net migration at the metro level as its much easier to build in Austin's suburbs, which still contain undeveloped land. Especially if you consider that Millennials are now firmly in the "starting families" phase of life.
The biggest takeaway here is that the % is somewhere between 20 and 25% almost everywhere in the United States..in other words it's really not all that different no matter where you go.
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