Elbert County, CO

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2022 Population

26,457

2.16% 1-year growth

US Senator

Michael Bennet

Democratic Party

US Senator

John Hickenlooper

Democratic Party

2022 Median Age

45.6

1.3% 1-year decrease

2022 Poverty Rate

4.26%

1.29% 1-year increase

2022 Median Household Income

$124,360

8.23% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$623,300

15.7% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Elbert County, CO had a population of 26.5k people with a median age of 45.6 and a median household income of $124,360. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Elbert County, CO grew from 25,897 to 26,457, a 2.16% increase and its median household income grew from $114,904 to $124,360, a 8.23% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Elbert County, CO are White (Non-Hispanic) (84.3%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (5.47%), Two+ (Hispanic) (3.57%), White (Hispanic) (3.48%), and Other (Hispanic) (0.994%).

None of the households in Elbert County, CO reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.8% of the residents in Elbert County, CO are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Elbert County, CO was $623,300, and the homeownership rate was 93.3%.

Most people in Elbert County, CO drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 41.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Elbert County, CO was 3 cars per household.

Elbert County, CO borders Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, and Lincoln County, CO.

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Population & Diversity

Elbert County, CO is home to a population of 26.5k people, from which 98.8% are citizens. As of 2022, 2.82% of Elbert County, CO residents were born outside of the country (747 people).

In 2022, there were 15.4 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (22.3k people) in Elbert County, CO than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.45k Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and 944 Two+ (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

98.8%

2022 Citizenship

98.6%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 98.8% of Elbert County, CO residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Elbert County, CO was 98.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Elbert County, CO compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Elbert County, CO

White (Non-Hispanic)
22.3k ± 295
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
1.45k ± 305
Two+ (Hispanic)
944 ± 264

8.23%

Hispanic Population

2.18k people

8.23% of the people in Elbert County, CO are hispanic (2.18k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Elbert County, CO as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

2.82%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

747 people

2.63%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

682 people

As of 2022, 2.82% of Elbert County, CO residents (747 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Elbert County, CO was 2.63%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Elbert County, CO compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
697 ± 138
Gulf War (1990s)
622 ± 201
Gulf War (2001-)
448 ± 127

Elbert County, CO has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.12 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Elbert County, CO employs 14.2k people. The largest industries in Elbert County, CO are Construction (1,830 people), Retail Trade (1,411 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (1,402 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($130,833), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($117,734), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($112,897).

Employment

Occupations

14.2k

2022 Value

± 812

2.64%

1 Year growth

± 7.6%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Elbert County, CO grew at a rate of 2.64%, from 13.8k employees to 14.2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Elbert County, CO, are Management Occupations (2,420 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,435 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (1,018 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Elbert County, CO.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Colorado (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

14.2k

2022 Value

± 812

2.64%

1 Year growth

± 7.6%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Elbert County, CO grew at a rate of 2.64%, from 13.8k employees to 14.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Elbert County, CO, are Construction (1,830 people), Retail Trade (1,411 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (1,402 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Elbert County, CO, though some of these residents may live in Elbert County, CO and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$75,000

Median earning men ± $8,260

$49,307

Median earning women ± $3,633

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($126,759), Public Administration ($107,625), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($107,102).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($91,447), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($87,292), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($73,542).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

1.73%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.87M people employed in Colorado. This represents a 1.73% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 11.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Colorado.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

141
Construction
84
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
48
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Elbert County, CO went to Donald J. Trump with 73.9% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (23.7%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.61%).

Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper are the senators currently representing the state of Colorado. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Colorado is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (73.9%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (23.7%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (1.61%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Elbert County, CO for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Colorado

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Michael Bennet

Senator from Colorado

Assumed office on January 21, 2009
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Ken Salazar, who had become Secretary of the Interior.

John Hickenlooper

Senator from Colorado

Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper are the senators currently representing Colorado.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Colorado over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Colorado

Colorado is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Colorado have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.886% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.84% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were Bachelors Degree (1.16M), Some college (997k), and High School or Equivalent (997k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Elbert County, CO was $623,300 in 2022, which is 2.21 times larger than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $538,800 to $623,300, a 15.7% increase. The homeownership rate in Elbert County, CO is 93.3%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Elbert County, CO have an average commute time of 41.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Elbert County, CO is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Median household income in Elbert County, CO is $124,360. In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income in Elbert County, CO was Census Tract 9612.04 with a value of $168,160, followed by Census Tract 9612.07 and Census Tract 9612.06, with respective values of $132,899 and $127,594.

Property

$623,300

Median Property Value 2022

±$14,540

$8,881

Median Property Taxes

±$568

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Elbert County, CO the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Elbert County, CO compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

93.3%

Homeownership

2022

72%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 93.3% of the housing units in Elbert County, CO were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 92.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Elbert County, CO compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 9612.04
Census Tract 9612.07
Census Tract 9612.06

In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Elbert County, CO was Census Tract 9612.04 with a value of $168,160, followed by Census Tract 9612.07 and Census Tract 9612.06, with respective values of $132,899 and $127,594.

The following map shows all of the tracts in Elbert County, CO colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$124,360

Median Household Income

± $5,503

9.51k

Number of Households

± 548

In 2022, the median household income of the 9.51k households in Elbert County, CO grew to $124,360 from the previous year's value of $114,904.

The following chart displays the households in Elbert County, CO distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Elbert County, CO is from Colorado.

0.464

2022 Wage GINI in Colorado

0.465

2021 Wage GINI in Colorado

In 2022, the income inequality in Colorado was 0.464 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.265% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Colorado was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Colorado in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Colorado across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (73.4%)
Worked At Home (16.1%)
Carpooled (8.33%)

In 2022, 73.4% of workers in Elbert County, CO drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (16.1%) and those who carpooled to work (8.33%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

41.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Elbert County, CO have a longer commute time (41.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 5.14% of the workforce in Elbert County, CO have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Elbert County, CO compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Elbert County, CO distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Elbert County, CO have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

4.26% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Elbert County, CO (1.12k out of 26.4k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Elbert County, CO is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

95% of the population of Elbert County, CO has health coverage, with 57.3% on employee plans, 8.64% on Medicaid, 13.4% on Medicare, 13.8% on non-group plans, and 1.84% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Elbert County, CO see 6828 patients per year on average, which represents a 2.18% increase from the previous year (6682 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 6782 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 904 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.9% were men and 49.1% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

6,828 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Elbert County, CO

Primary care physicians in Elbert County, CO see an average of 6,828 patients per year. This represents a 2.18% increase from the previous year (6,682 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Elbert County, CO in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 22.4% under 18 years, 15.2% between 18 and 34 years, 44.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.9% were men and 49.1% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

5.04%

Uninsured

57.3%

Employer Coverage

8.64%

Medicaid

13.4%

Medicare

13.8%

Non-Group

1.84%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Elbert County, CO declined by 20.5% from 6.34% to 5.04%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Elbert County, CO changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2023, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 48.7 in Elbert County, CO.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Elbert County, CO.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 25.4% in Elbert County, CO.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Elbert County, CO.