Walsenburg is a very small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 3,085 people and just one neighborhood, Walsenburg is the 114th largest community in Colorado. Walsenburg has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Walsenburg is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.80% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Walsenburg is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Walsenburg who work in management occupations (15.18%), law enforcement and fire fighting (10.60%), and sales jobs (9.63%).
Of important note, Walsenburg is also a city of artists. Walsenburg has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Walsenburg’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Walsenburg telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 23.35% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Walsenburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.65 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Walsenburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Walsenburg with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.12% of adults in Walsenburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Walsenburg in 2022 was $23,213, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,852 for a family of four. However, Walsenburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Walsenburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Walsenburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walsenburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Walsenburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 43.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Walsenburg include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in Walsenburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Walsenburg, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 69.8% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American 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 Walsenburg are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 39.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 31.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.0%), and 12.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Walsenburg, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (20.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.9%), and residents who report Spanish roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.0%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.3%), 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 (69.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (74.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.