About Arboles

Arboles is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 249 people and just one neighborhood, Arboles is the 203rd largest community in Colorado.

Unlike some towns , Arboles isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Arboles are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Arboles is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Arboles who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.85%), management occupations (18.03%), and sales jobs (9.84%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.76% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Arboles is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

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

Arboles Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Arboles who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 24.06% of adults in Arboles have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Arboles in 2000 was $19,384, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,536 for a family of four.

Arboles is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arboles home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Arboles is White, followed by Native American. Arboles also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.08% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Arboles include German, English, Irish, French, Swiss, Dutch, Polish, Austrian, and European.

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