Las Animas County vs Prowers County

A side-by-side comparison of Las Animas County and Prowers County: population, income, housing, and more.

Las Animas County and Prowers County are counties in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Las Animas County has the higher population (14,392 vs 11,931 in Prowers County). Prowers County has the higher median household income ($57,601 vs $50,408 in Las Animas County). Las Animas County has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $150,900 in Prowers County).

Population, income & housing

	Las Animas County	Prowers County
Population	14,392	11,931
Median age	46.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,408	$57,601
Median home value	$214,500	$150,900
Median gross rent	$875	$741
Housing units	8,134	5,466
Homeownership rate	70.1%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Animas County	Prowers County
Population	14,266 → 14,392 (+0.9%)	12,022 → 11,931 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$41,817 → $50,408 (+20.5%)	$41,929 → $57,601 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $214,500 (+42.0%)	$106,100 → $150,900 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $875 (+22.9%)	$697 → $741 (+6.3%)

Las Animas County

Population

14,26614,392

Median household income

$41,817$50,408

Median home value

$151,100$214,500

Median gross rent

$712$875

Prowers County

Population

12,02211,931

Median household income

$41,929$57,601

Median home value

$106,100$150,900

Median gross rent

$697$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Animas County	Prowers County
Under 5	4.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.8%
75 and over	10.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Animas County	Prowers County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	56.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Animas County	Prowers County
No high school diploma	10.4%	15.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Animas County	Prowers County
Drove alone	66.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	16.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	2.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	6.2%
Other means	2.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Animas County	Prowers County
1-unit, detached	77.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Las Animas County	Prowers County
Poverty rate	17.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1971	1974