Blende vs Pueblo West

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

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

Pueblo West has the higher population (34,992 vs 646 in Blende). Pueblo West has the higher median household income ($95,419 vs $50,385 in Blende). Pueblo West has the higher median home value ($371,600 vs $240,700 in Blende).

Population, income & housing

	Blende	Pueblo West
Population	646	34,992
Median age	55.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,385	$95,419
Median home value	$240,700	$371,600
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,319
Housing units	346	12,678
Homeownership rate	68.2%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blende	Pueblo West
Population	879 → 646 (-26.5%)	31,849 → 34,992 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $50,385 (+24.5%)	$71,553 → $95,419 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $240,700 (+56.9%)	$221,700 → $371,600 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $1,479 (+87.2%)	$1,037 → $1,319 (+27.2%)

Blende

Population

879646

Median household income

$40,469$50,385

Median home value

$153,400$240,700

Median gross rent

$790$1,479

Pueblo West

Population

31,84934,992

Median household income

$71,553$95,419

Median home value

$221,700$371,600

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,319

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blende	Pueblo West
Under 5	1.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	2.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	18.9%	11.4%
75 and over	13.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blende	Pueblo West
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	65.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	57.4%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blende	Pueblo West
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blende	Pueblo West
Drove alone	84.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blende	Pueblo West
1-unit, detached	85.3%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Blende	Pueblo West
Poverty rate	19.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1960	1999