Elbert is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 188 people and three associated neighborhoods, Elbert is the 236th largest community in Colorado. Elbert has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns. Housing costs in Elbert are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elbert is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.19% of the Elbert workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Elbert is a town of managers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elbert who work in management occupations (25.00%), business and financial occupations (13.89%), and office and administrative support (11.11%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.33% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Overall, Elbert’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Elbert has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Elbert a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Elbert, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.93 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Elbert doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Elbert with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.55% of adults in Elbert have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Elbert in 2022 was $38,008, 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 $152,032 for a family of four. However, Elbert contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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.
