Housing density: 1,148 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $353,284.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,357 (lower quartile is $1,047, upper quartile is $1,755)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $912
Median gross rent in Colorado Springs, CO in 2022: $1,537
Housing units in Colorado Springs with a mortgage: 84,907 (8,487 second mortgage, 89 home equity loan, 7,444 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,819
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $111,423
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $79,548
Median monthly housing costs: $1,500
Compare current foreclosures in Colorado Springs, CO:
66,379 married couples with children.
26,147 single-parent households (7,582 men, 18,565 women).
88.5% of residents of Colorado Springs speak English at home.
7.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 33,567 (6.9%)
(55.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.0% Number of people working at home: 48,261 (18.9% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 7,548
5 to 9 minutes: 18,998
10 to 14 minutes: 30,251
15 to 19 minutes: 45,183
20 to 24 minutes: 41,978
25 to 29 minutes: 14,390
30 to 34 minutes: 25,075
35 to 39 minutes: 4,397
40 to 44 minutes: 4,421
45 to 59 minutes: 6,365
60 to 89 minutes: 5,428
90 or more minutes: 3,592
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 191,416 (69.5%)
Carpooled: 23,439 (8.5%)
Bus: 1,061 (0.4%)
Taxi: 3,363 (1.2%)
Bicycle: 1,702 (0.6%)
Walked: 5,986 (2.2%)
Worked at home: 48,261 (17.5%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
3.7%Males
3.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
5.2%Males
2.9%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
7.4%Males
21.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
2.1%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
1.2%Males
13.3%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
3.9%Males
7.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.2%Males
10.7%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Colorado Springs, Colorado
9,7732010 or later
7,5442000 to 2009
7,3611990 to 1999
5,1491980 to 1989
3,4091970 to 1979
5,931Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 23,281 (11.5%)
English: 20,367 (10.0%)
American: 16,113 (7.9%)
Irish: 10,690 (5.3%)
European: 8,773 (4.3%)
Italian: 8,094 (4.0%)
Polish: 3,524 (1.7%)
Scottish: 3,301 (1.6%)
Norwegian: 2,894 (1.4%)
African: 1,998 (1.0%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,891 (0.9%)
Swedish: 1,847 (0.9%)
Dutch: 1,711 (0.8%)
French: 1,385 (0.7%)
Scandinavian: 1,053 (0.5%)
British: 960 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 823 (0.4%)
Russian: 802 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 750 (0.4%)
Northern European: 740 (0.4%)
Welsh: 682 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 617 (0.3%)
Danish: 551 (0.3%)
Jamaican: 508 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 492 (0.2%)
Czech: 452 (0.2%)
Swiss: 444 (0.2%)
Haitian: 402 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 376 (0.2%)
Ethiopian: 358 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 344 (0.2%)
Croatian: 324 (0.2%)
Canadian: 322 (0.2%)
Austrian: 283 (0.1%)
Romanian: 278 (0.1%)
Iranian: 274 (0.1%)
Brazilian: 256 (0.1%)
Greek: 237 (0.1%)
Slovene: 185 (0.09%)
Slovak: 144 (0.07%)
Serbian: 142 (0.07%)
Nigerian: 128 (0.06%)
Finnish: 121 (0.06%)
Belgian: 115 (0.06%)
Luxembourger: 108 (0.05%)
Kenyan: 103 (0.05%)
Yugoslavian: 102 (0.05%)
Iraqi: 98 (0.05%)
Czechoslovakian: 96 (0.05%)
Arab: 94 (0.05%)
Bulgarian: 87 (0.04%)
Lebanese: 77 (0.04%)
Egyptian: 76 (0.04%)
Ghanaian: 76 (0.04%)
New Zealander: 75 (0.04%)
South African: 66 (0.03%)
Palestinian: 64 (0.03%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 62 (0.03%)
Celtic: 59 (0.03%)
German Russian: 58 (0.03%)
U.S. Virgin Islander: 57 (0.03%)
Sudanese: 56 (0.03%)
Belizean: 54 (0.03%)
West Indian: 53 (0.03%)
Carpatho Rusyn: 49 (0.02%)
Latvian: 42 (0.02%)
Afghan: 41 (0.02%)
Australian: 41 (0.02%)
Turkish: 39 (0.02%)
Slavic: 36 (0.02%)
British West Indian: 36 (0.02%)
Armenian: 31 (0.02%)
Liberian: 27 (0.01%)
Alsatian: 27 (0.01%)
Cape Verdean: 27 (0.01%)
Basque: 25 (0.01%)
Israeli: 22 (0.01%)
Jordanian: 21 (0.01%)
Macedonian: 21 (0.01%)
Barbadian: 19 (0.01%)
Somali: 19 (0.01%)
Estonian: 12 (0.01%)
Icelander: 11 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Colorado Springs:
25.3% (9,317)
Colorado:
38.3% (209,491)
Korea
Colorado Springs:
7.4% (2,708)
Colorado:
2.9% (15,981)
Germany
Colorado Springs:
6.6% (2,440)
Colorado:
2.5% (13,706)
Philippines
Colorado Springs:
5.4% (1,987)
Colorado:
2.3% (12,342)
Canada
Colorado Springs:
4.5% (1,668)
Colorado:
2.7% (15,026)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Colorado Springs:
3.3% (1,231)
Colorado:
3.3% (17,998)
India
Colorado Springs:
3.1% (1,153)
Colorado:
4.0% (21,689)
Honduras
Colorado Springs:
2.8% (1,015)
Colorado:
1.1% (6,142)
Vietnam
Colorado Springs:
2.1% (773)
Colorado:
3.0% (16,616)
Guatemala
Colorado Springs:
1.8% (668)
Colorado:
1.4% (7,898)
Ukraine
Colorado Springs:
1.7% (639)
Colorado:
0.8% (4,267)
England
Colorado Springs:
1.6% (603)
Colorado:
1.2% (6,672)
Brazil
Colorado Springs:
1.5% (554)
Colorado:
1.0% (5,365)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 159,089
Other state: 278,399
Northeast: 37,233
Midwest: 83,208
South: 83,144
West: 74,814
80.4% of Colorado Springs residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.6% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 27.5% lived in Colorado.
Colorado Springs:
80.4%
State average:
83.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,299
Nursery to 4th grade: 30
5th and 6th grade: 242
7th and 8th grade: 390
9th grade: 633
10th grade: 681
11th grade: 1,872
12th grade, no diploma: 2,267
High school graduate (or equivalency): 35,788
Less than 1 year of college: 10,836
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 23,917
Associate degree: 14,386
Bachelor's degree: 42,846
Master's degree: 23,262
Professional school degree: 3,153
Doctorate degree: 4,139
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,960
Nursery to 4th grade: 274
5th and 6th grade: 91
7th and 8th grade: 263
9th grade: 447
10th grade: 1,679
11th grade: 1,136
12th grade, no diploma: 1,831
High school graduate (or equivalency): 32,762
Less than 1 year of college: 13,722
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 23,845
Associate degree: 17,740
Bachelor's degree: 43,841
Master's degree: 24,077
Professional school degree: 2,495
Doctorate degree: 2,934
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 128,145
One, attached: 19,522
Two: 4,056
3 or 4: 6,136
5 to 9: 11,581
10 to 19: 13,194
20 to 49: 14,140
50 or more: 10,160
Mobile homes: 6,118
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 188
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,500
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.4%