Alamosa vs Alamosa East

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

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

Alamosa has the higher population (9,847 vs 1,404 in Alamosa East). Alamosa has the higher median household income ($46,969 vs $44,741 in Alamosa East). Alamosa East has the higher median home value ($219,100 vs $200,200 in Alamosa).

Population, income & housing

	Alamosa	Alamosa East
Population	9,847	1,404
Median age	29.4 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,969	$44,741
Median home value	$200,200	$219,100
Median gross rent	$881	$1,100
Housing units	4,197	676
Homeownership rate	43.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamosa	Alamosa East
Population	9,441 → 9,847 (+4.3%)	1,295 → 1,404 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$35,085 → $46,969 (+33.9%)	$54,150 → $44,741 (-17.4%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $200,200 (+21.6%)	$157,800 → $219,100 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $881 (+31.9%)	$761 → $1,100 (+44.5%)

Alamosa

Population

9,4419,847

Median household income

$35,085$46,969

Median home value

$164,600$200,200

Median gross rent

$668$881

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamosa	Alamosa East
Under 5	6.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	18.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	20.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	20.1%
75 and over	3.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamosa	Alamosa East
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	33.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	56.3%	60.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamosa	Alamosa East
No high school diploma	10.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	23.5%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamosa	Alamosa East
Drove alone	76.2%	84.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamosa	Alamosa East
1-unit, detached	57.9%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Alamosa	Alamosa East
Poverty rate	17.8%	33.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1981	1981