Arboles vs Pagosa Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Arboles and Pagosa Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pagosa Springs has the higher population (1,718 vs 396 in Arboles). Arboles has the higher median household income ($42,500 vs $36,712 in Pagosa Springs). Pagosa Springs has the higher median home value ($353,800 vs $282,500 in Arboles).

Population, income & housing

	Arboles	Pagosa Springs
Population	396	1,718
Median age	52.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$36,712
Median home value	$282,500	$353,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,068
Housing units	239	1,005
Homeownership rate	86.3%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arboles	Pagosa Springs
Population	326 → 396 (+21.5%)	2,057 → 1,718 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$40,938 → $42,500 (+3.8%)	$25,375 → $36,712 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$201,300 → $282,500 (+40.3%)	$227,500 → $353,800 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,125 (+62.3%)	$766 → $1,068 (+39.4%)

Arboles

Population

326396

Median household income

$40,938$42,500

Median home value

$201,300$282,500

Median gross rent

$693$1,125

Pagosa Springs

Population

2,0571,718

Median household income

$25,375$36,712

Median home value

$227,500$353,800

Median gross rent

$766$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arboles	Pagosa Springs
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	9.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	2.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	38.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.3%
75 and over	16.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arboles	Pagosa Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	43.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.3%
Some other race	2.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arboles	Pagosa Springs
No high school diploma	37.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	10.4%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arboles	Pagosa Springs
Drove alone	73.6%	55.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	26.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.9%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arboles	Pagosa Springs
1-unit, detached	70.7%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Arboles	Pagosa Springs
Poverty rate	12.9%	23.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1992	1979