Alamosa, CO

Alamosa is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 9,871 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Alamosa is the 55th largest community in Colorado.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Alamosa is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 0.00% of the Alamosa workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Alamosa is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alamosa who work in office and administrative support (0.00%), sales jobs (0.00%), and personal care services (0.00%).

Alamosa is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Alamosa enrolled in college, Alamosa has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

One of the benefits of Alamosa is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.20 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

The overall education level of Alamosa is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.30% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor’s degree.

The per capita income in Alamosa in 2010 was $18,582, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,328 for a family of four. However, Alamosa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Alamosa also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.79% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Alamosa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alamosa 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 Alamosa, accounting for 51.31% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Alamosa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alamosa include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and European.

The most common language spoken in Alamosa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.

All information was taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamosa,_Colorado