About Buena Vista

Buena Vista is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 2,101 people and just one neighborhood, Buena Vista is the 120th largest community in Colorado.

Buena Vista is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Buena Vista is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Buena Vista who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.50%), sales jobs (11.07%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (10.41%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.58% 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.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.67 minutes getting to work every day.

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

Buena Vista Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Buena Vista citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 24.41% of adults in Buena Vista have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Buena Vista in 2000 was $16,920, which is middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,680 for a family of four.

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

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