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Alamosa East is a small town of 1,298 people in Alamosa County, Colorado. It's about 87 miles from Pueblo, CO and 166 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 30 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $264k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,298people
$264kTypical home
$1,287/moRent
83° / 35°Summer / winter
30"Snow
296Sunny days
64Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,298
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 399 people per sq mi
- 166 mi to Denver, CO
- 87 mi to Pueblo, CO
- 75 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $264k (≈$1,667/mo)
- Median rent $1,287/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 35°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 296 sunny days a year (97 totally clear)
- 69 cloudy days a year
- 22 of 90 winter days are gray
- 64 days a year with rain or snow
- 30" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 88 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (561 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,847 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 50
- 33% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 29% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 3 mi to ALS airport
- 111 mi to COS (major hub)
- 76 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 64% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1983
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 7,540 ft
- 599 mi to the ocean
- 161 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 40 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 27 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 6 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 68 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 73 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Alamosa County: R+11 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk