Alamosa is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 7,835 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Alamosa is the 56th largest community in Colorado.

Alamosa is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Alamosa is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alamosa who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.92%), sales jobs (13.49%), and teaching (9.69%).

Alamosa is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Alamosa to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy.

One of the benefits of Alamosa is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 11.43 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

Alamosa Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Alamosa is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.48% of adults in Alamosa have a college degree.

The per capita income in Alamosa in 2000 was $15,405, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,620 for a family of four.

Alamosa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alamosa home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Alamosa is White, followed by Native American. Alamosa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.69% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Alamosa include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

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