Colorado City is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,987 people and just one neighborhood, Colorado City is the 445th largest community in Texas.
Unlike some cities, Colorado City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Colorado City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Colorado City is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Colorado City who work in sales jobs (21.00%), food service (7.79%), and legal occupations (6.92%).
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Colorado City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Colorado City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Colorado City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Colorado City citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.96% of adults 25 and older in Colorado City have a college degree.
The per capita income in Colorado City in 2022 was $23,883, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,532 for a family of four. However, Colorado City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Colorado City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Colorado City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Colorado City, accounting for 45.41% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Colorado City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Colorado City include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Colorado City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.3% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Colorado City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 58.2% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 31.6% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.3%), and 9.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 77.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (20.8%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Colorado City, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (38.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.5%), and residents who report English roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.4%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.