Alamosa East vs Hooper

A side-by-side comparison of Alamosa East and Hooper: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamosa East and Hooper are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alamosa East has the higher population (1,404 vs 168 in Hooper). Hooper has the higher median household income ($44,844 vs $44,741 in Alamosa East). Alamosa East has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $159,400 in Hooper).

Population, income & housing

	Alamosa East	Hooper
Population	1,404	168
Median age	49.8 yrs	18.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,741	$44,844
Median home value	$219,100	$159,400
Median gross rent	$1,100	—
Housing units	676	77
Homeownership rate	68.5%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamosa East	Hooper
Population	1,295 → 1,404 (+8.4%)	81 → 168 (+107.4%)
Median household income	$54,150 → $44,741 (-17.4%)	$23,500 → $44,844 (+90.8%)
Median home value	$157,800 → $219,100 (+38.8%)	$158,300 → $159,400 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $1,100 (+44.5%)	—

Alamosa East

Population

1,2951,404

Median household income

$54,150$44,741

Median home value

$157,800$219,100

Median gross rent

$761$1,100

Hooper

Population

81168

Median household income

$23,500$44,844

Median home value

$158,300$159,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamosa East	Hooper
Under 5	1.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	41.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	20.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	4.8%
65 to 74	20.1%	6.5%
75 and over	2.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamosa East	Hooper
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	85.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	60.1%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamosa East	Hooper
No high school diploma	16.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	20.6%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamosa East	Hooper
Drove alone	84.5%	83.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	7.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamosa East	Hooper
1-unit, detached	65.7%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	28.3%	44.2%

Poverty & households

	Alamosa East	Hooper
Poverty rate	33.1%	19.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	15	42
Median year structure built	1981	1975