Sedalia is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 3,614 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Sedalia is the 96th largest community in Colorado.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sedalia is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sedalia is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sedalia who work in management occupations (15.67%), sales jobs (15.57%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.07%).

Also of interest is that Sedalia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 9.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Sedalia is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sedalia, the average commute to work is 40.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Sedalia is a very car-oriented town. 97.86% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Sedalia is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Sedalia has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Sedalia is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Sedalia Information and Demographics

The education level of Sedalia citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 40.34% of adults in Sedalia have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sedalia in 2000 was $33,898, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,592 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Sedalia is English.