Baca County, Colorado Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Baca County, CO Population Density Map and Area Scores

Area Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • B
    Health Around average
    Less healthy than 75% of counties in Colorado
  • D
    Income Well below average
    Less wealthy than 77% of counties in Colorado
  • D
    Education Well below average
    Less educated than 73% of counties in Colorado

Source: Map AI Methodology

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Population density, people per sq mi

Population: density and quick facts

Metric Baca County Colorado Avg U.S. Average
Population 1,363 5,842,429 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 0.5 56.1 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) -1.59% 1.09% 0.59%
Median age 55.5 35.2 37.3
Households 747 2,364,171 130,235,071

Population in Baca County declined by 64.6% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 1,363 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Baca County is Boomers, aged 61–79, at 24.9% of residents. That is 9.7 points above Colorado as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below Colorado, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 50.0% of the people living in Baca County and men 50.0%.

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Economy

Baca County has a the economy index of D, which means it is barely prosperous.

Metric Baca County Colorado Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $45,903 $95,803 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 1.88% 5.41% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 1.0% 4.6% 5.2%

The median household income in Baca County is about 52% lower than in Colorado.

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Housing

Metric Baca County Colorado Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $5,000 $484,034 $248,835
Median rent $591 $1,761 $1,407
Homeownership rate 71.5% 66.2% 65.2%

The median home price in Baca County is about 0.7 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $591 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Baca County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Baca County Colorado Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 16.0 22.0 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 31.9 44.1 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 133 184 187
Estimated yearly cost $4,126 $5,694 $5,790
Work from home 7.9% 21.0% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) 2,092 8,183 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 94 1,277 1,355

Fastest commutes among counties in Colorado: Hinsdale County (6.6 min), Prowers County (7.6 min), Cheyenne County (7.7 min).
Slowest: Park County (42.5 min), Elbert County (41.5 min), Teller County (31.3 min).

The average commute time in Baca County is 16 minutes, shorter than the 22 minutes in Colorado.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Baca County has a education index of D, which means it is barely educated.

Metric Baca County Colorado Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 22.4% 40.3% 31.6%
Average household size 2.02 2.42 2.53

Highest education index among counties in Colorado: Boulder County (0.5), Douglas County (0.4), Broomfield County (0.4).
Lowest: Crowley County (0.2), Bent County (0.2), Lincoln County (0.2).

Health

Baca County has a health index of B, which means it is quite healthy.

Metric Baca County Colorado Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 80.0 80.0 78.3
Self-rated poor health 17.2% 13.2% 16.3%
Smokers 18.4% 16.1% 19.0%

Highest health index among counties in Colorado: Douglas County (0.9), Boulder County (0.8), Broomfield County (0.8).
Lowest: Costilla County (0.8), Otero County (0.8), Bent County (0.8).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Baca County, Colorado.

What is the population of Baca County, Colorado?

About 1,363 people live in Baca County, Colorado, in 747 households of 2.0 people on average. The median age is 55.5, so residents are older than the U.S. median of 37.3 by about 18 years.

Is Baca County, Colorado mostly urban or rural?

Averaged over its land area, Baca County, Colorado has 1 people per square mile, a density typical of rural areas. That is about 1% of the U.S. average of 86.

Is Baca County, Colorado an affordable place to live?

The median home costs 0.1 times the median household income ($5,000 against $45,903), compared with 3.1 times nationally. That is within the traditional rule of thumb of about 3 times income. Median rent of $591 a month takes about 15% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

Is it hard to find a job in Baca County, Colorado?

Unemployment in Baca County, Colorado is only 1.0%, well below the U.S. rate of 5.2%, a sign of a tight labor market where employers compete for workers.

How educated are people in Baca County, Colorado?

22.4% of adults in Baca County, Colorado hold a bachelor's degree or higher (about 1 in 4), well below the U.S. share of 31.6%.

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