Divide is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 143 people and two associated neighborhoods, Divide is the 238th largest community in Colorado.Divide is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Divide is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Divide who work in management occupations (80.53%), computer science and math (15.04%), and business and financial occupations (4.42%). Also of interest is that Divide has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Overall, Divide’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. 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!) Divide 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. Divide has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Divide than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Divide may be for you. One downside of living in Divide, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 51.84 minutes every day commuting to work. Divide is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Divide isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. As is often the case in a small town, Divide doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Divide ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Divide in 2022 was $71,134, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $284,536 for a family of four. Divide is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Divide 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 Divide, accounting for 65.00% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Divide residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Divide include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Yugoslavian. The most common language spoken in Divide is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
