Hotchkiss is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 929 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hotchkiss is the 186th largest community in Colorado.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.24% 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.

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

The percentage of adults in Hotchkiss who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.03% of the adults in Hotchkiss have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hotchkiss in 2022 was $41,538, 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 $166,152 for a family of four. However, Hotchkiss contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hotchkiss is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hotchkiss home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hotchkiss residents report their race to be White. Hotchkiss also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.13% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hotchkiss include German, English, Swedish, Scottish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Hotchkiss is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.