About Divide

Divide is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 3,531 people and just one neighborhood, Divide is the 97th largest community in Colorado.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Divide is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Divide is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Divide who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.64%), sales jobs (12.19%), and management occupations (9.88%).

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

In Divide, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.29 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Divide is a very car-oriented town. 98.92% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Divide 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. Divide has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Divide 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.

Divide Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Divide citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.82% of adults in Divide have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Divide in 2000 was $25,675, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,700 for a family of four. However, Divide contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Divide is English.