Colorado Springs is a large city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 486,248 people and 141 associated neighborhoods, Colorado Springs is the second largest community in Colorado.

Colorado Springs is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Colorado Springs, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Also of interest is that Colorado Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.78% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One thing noticeable about Colorado Springs, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Colorado Springs is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Colorado Springs a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Colorado Springs is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.

The education level of Colorado Springs ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Colorado Springs, 41.11% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Colorado Springs in 2022 was $41,849, 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 $167,396 for a family of four. However, Colorado Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Colorado Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Colorado Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Colorado Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Colorado Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.55% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Colorado Springs include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Colorado Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.