Idaho Springs is a very small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 1,908 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Idaho Springs is the 124th largest community in Colorado. Idaho Springs has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Idaho Springs is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Idaho Springs is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Idaho Springs who work in food service (12.01%), office and administrative support jobs (11.84%), and management occupations (10.11%).

Being a small city, Idaho Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Idaho Springs Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Idaho Springs is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 20.12% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Idaho Springs in 2000 was $20,789, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,156 for a family of four.

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

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