Kiowa is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 734 people and two associated 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.Kiowa is a blue-collar town, with 39.12% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Kiowa is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kiowa who work in sales jobs (10.19%), management occupations (10.19%), and office and administrative support (8.82%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.63% 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kiowa has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kiowa has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kiowa than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kiowa may be for you. One downside of living in Kiowa, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.68 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.The citizens of Kiowa are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.62% of adults in Kiowa have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Kiowa in 2022 was $29,486, which is low income relative to Colorado, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,944 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 16.90% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kiowa include German, Irish, Italian, European, and English. The most common language spoken in Kiowa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
