About Dinosaur

Dinosaur is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 330 people and just one neighborhood, Dinosaur is the 197th largest community in Colorado.

When you are in Dinosaur, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 62.0% of Dinosaur's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Dinosaur is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dinosaur who work in sales jobs (10.85%), food service (6.98%), and management occupations (6.20%).

One downside of living in Dinosaur is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dinosaur, the average commute to work is 40.25 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Dinosaur does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Dinosaur Information and Demographics

The population of Dinosaur has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.88% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Dinosaur in 2000 was $12,904, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $51,616 for a family of four.

The people who call Dinosaur home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dinosaur is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Dinosaur include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Dinosaur is English. Some people also speak Spanish.