Because of many things, Elbert is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Elbert a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Elbert has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Elbert’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Elbert has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Elbert has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elbert than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elbert may be for you.
In Elbert, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.25 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Elbert is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Elbert citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.58% of adults in Elbert have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Elbert in 2022 was $40,598, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,392 for a family of four.
The people who call Elbert home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elbert residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Elbert include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Elbert is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
