Kiowa is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 732 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Kiowa is the 193rd largest community in Colorado.
Housing costs in Kiowa are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kiowa is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kiowa is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kiowa who work in management occupations (19.87%), office and administrative support (14.98%), and teaching (6.19%).
Also of interest is that Kiowa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Kiowa’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Kiowa, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.58 minutes every day commuting to work.
Kiowa 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.
In terms of college education, Kiowa is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.50% of adults 25 and older in Kiowa have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kiowa in 2018 was $23,712, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,848 for a family of four. However, Kiowa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kiowa is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kiowa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kiowa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kiowa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kiowa include German, Irish, English, European, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Kiowa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.