Blende vs Pueblo

A side-by-side comparison of Blende and Pueblo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pueblo has the higher population (111,514 vs 646 in Blende). Pueblo has the higher median household income ($55,305 vs $50,385 in Blende). Blende has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $230,900 in Pueblo).

Population, income & housing

	Blende	Pueblo
Population	646	111,514
Median age	55.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,385	$55,305
Median home value	$240,700	$230,900
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,020
Housing units	346	49,409
Homeownership rate	68.2%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blende	Pueblo
Population	879 → 646 (-26.5%)	110,841 → 111,514 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $50,385 (+24.5%)	$40,450 → $55,305 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $240,700 (+56.9%)	$141,000 → $230,900 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $1,479 (+87.2%)	$799 → $1,020 (+27.7%)

Blende

Population

879646

Median household income

$40,469$50,385

Median home value

$153,400$240,700

Median gross rent

$790$1,479

Pueblo

Population

110,841111,514

Median household income

$40,450$55,305

Median home value

$141,000$230,900

Median gross rent

$799$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blende	Pueblo
Under 5	1.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	2.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	21.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	18.9%	10.8%
75 and over	13.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blende	Pueblo
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	44.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	57.4%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blende	Pueblo
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blende	Pueblo
Drove alone	84.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	5.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blende	Pueblo
1-unit, detached	85.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Blende	Pueblo
Poverty rate	19.3%	19.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1960	1966