Glenwood Springs is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 10,264 people and four associated neighborhoods, Glenwood Springs is the 53rd largest community in Colorado.
Housing costs in Glenwood Springs 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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.72% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Even though Glenwood Springs is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The education level of Glenwood Springs citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.61% of adults in Glenwood Springs have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Glenwood Springs in 2022 was $38,954, 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 $155,816 for a family of four. However, Glenwood Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glenwood Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glenwood Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenwood Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Glenwood Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glenwood Springs include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Glenwood Springs's cultural character, accounting for 17.31% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Glenwood Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Thai.