About Whitewater

Whitewater is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 1,376 people and just one neighborhood, Whitewater is the 141st largest community in Colorado.

Unlike some towns , Whitewater isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Whitewater are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Whitewater is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitewater who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.85%), sales jobs (8.86%), and management occupations (7.65%).

Another important characteristic of Whitewater is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

A relatively large number of people in Whitewater telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.51% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 Whitewater is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Whitewater, the average commute to work is 33.20 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Whitewater Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Whitewater is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.83% of adults 25 and older in Whitewater have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Whitewater in 2000 was $21,153, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,612 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Whitewater is English.