Calhan is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 736 people and three associated neighborhoods, Calhan is the 192nd largest community in Colorado. Housing costs in Calhan 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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Calhan is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Calhan is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calhan who work in maintenance occupations (12.80%), management occupations (10.37%), and office and administrative support (9.76%). Also of interest is that Calhan has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Calhan has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Calhan a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Calhan, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.73 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Calhan 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 percentage of people in Calhan who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.33% of adults in Calhan have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Calhan in 2022 was $34,716, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,864 for a family of four. However, Calhan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Calhan is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Calhan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calhan residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Calhan include Irish, German, European, English, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Calhan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
