Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.46 minutes getting to work every day.
The citizens of Las Animas are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.23% of adults in Las Animas have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Las Animas in 2022 was $21,139, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,556 for a family of four. However, Las Animas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Las Animas also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.55% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Las Animas is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Las Animas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Las Animas, accounting for 46.72% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Las Animas residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Las Animas include German, English, Irish, European, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Las Animas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
