Penrose is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 3,685 people and just one neighborhood, Penrose is the 103rd largest community in Colorado.
Unlike some towns, Penrose isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Penrose are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Penrose is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Penrose who work in healthcare (10.89%), sales jobs (10.14%), and office and administrative support (8.49%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Penrose, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.95% 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.
Because of many things, Penrose is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Penrose a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Penrose has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Penrose’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
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!) Penrose 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. Penrose has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Penrose than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Penrose may be for you.
In Penrose, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.22 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Penrose doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Penrose citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.86% of adults in Penrose have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Penrose in 2022 was $48,683, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $194,732 for a family of four. However, Penrose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Penrose is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Penrose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Penrose residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Penrose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Penrose include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Penrose is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
With 2.2% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 96.7% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 27 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 0.4% have Yugoslav ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Penrose are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 32.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.7%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Penrose, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (7.7%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.