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!) Hotchkiss 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. Hotchkiss has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hotchkiss than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hotchkiss may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Hotchkiss doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Hotchkiss are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.75% of adults in Hotchkiss having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hotchkiss in 2022 was $39,518, 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 $158,072 for a family of four. However, Hotchkiss contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hotchkiss is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hotchkiss home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hotchkiss residents report their race to be White. Hotchkiss also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.44% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hotchkiss include German, English, Swedish, Scottish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Hotchkiss is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
