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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $696 (0.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Chaffee County is $512 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $624 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $909 a month.
Cities in this county include: Salida
, Buena Vista
, Poncha Springs
.
Neighboring
counties: Fremont County
, Gunnison County
, Lake County
, Park County
, Pitkin County
, Saguache County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Chaffee County: Pine
Creek School
(A),
Rancho Sawatch
(B),
Collegiate Peaks Campground
(C),
Riverside School
(D),
Colt Spring Campground
(E),
Shayano State Fish Hatchery
(F),
Angel of Shavano Campground
(G),
Garfield Campground
(H),
Cottonwood Campground
(I),
T-Cross Ranch
(J),
Cottonwood Lake Campground
(K),
Cottonwood Lake Picnic Ground
(L),
Goddard Ranch
(M),
Gold Bug Mine
(N),
Wilmot Ranch
(O),
Halfway Station
(P),
Hangmans Cabin
(Q),
Hecla Junction
(R),
Hughes Meadow Campground
(S),
Beavr City
(T)
Cemeteries: Fairview
Cemetery
(1),
Cleora Cemetery
(2),
Centerville Cemetery
(3),
Woodlawn Cemetery
(4),
Windfield Cemetery
(5),
Granite Cemetery
(6)
Lakes and reservoirs: Tunnel
Lake
(A),
Twin Lakes
(B),
Upper Hancock Lake
(C),
Upper Pomeroy Lake
(D),
Crystal Lake
(E),
Ann, Lake
(F),
Anglemeyer Lake
(G),
Grizzly Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Williams
Hamm Ditch
(A),
Willow Creek
(B),
Woodchopper Creek
(C),
Baldwin Creek
(D),
Bassam Creek
(E),
Bear Creek
(F),
Blackbear Creek
(G),
Cache Creek
(H),
Chalk Creek
(I)
Park in Chaffee County: Chalk
Cliff Fish Hatchery
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 507
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 323 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Chaffee
County: |
2.0% | | Whole
state: | 8.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 51
- 1990
to 1994: 23
- 1985
to 1989: 34
- 1980
to 1984: 25
- 1975
to 1979: 19
- 1970
to 1974: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 12
- 1965
to 1969: 154
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Mean travel time to work: 14.8 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.3%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,933
- One,
attached: 188
- Two:
154
- 3
or 4: 138
- 5
to 9: 228
- 10
to 19: 97
- 20
or more: 107
- Mobile
homes: 1,464
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 83
Housing units in Chaffee County with a mortgage: 1,829 (196 second mortgage, 178 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,456 Agriculture
in Chaffee County
Average size of farms: 336 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $40266
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $264.52
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 21.27%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 74.29%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $42793
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 11.66%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 75.76%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $122687
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 83.02%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 9.26
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(20%)
- Public
administration (12%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health
care (4%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
|
Most
common industries for females:
|
- Accommodation
and food services (16%)
- Health
care (10%)
- Educational
services (8%)
- Public
administration (8%)
- Finance
and insurance (7%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
- Personal
and laundry services (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for males
|
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Carpenters
(4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
|
Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Germany
(18%)
- Canada
(16%)
- Italy
(12%)
- Guatemala
(10%)
- Mexico
(8%)
- Korea
(7%)
- United
Kingdom (7%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Chaffee County:
|
- German
(22%)
- English
(13%)
- Irish
(11%)
- Italian
(8%)
- United
States or American (7%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- Scottish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 4,816 (72%)
- Carpooled:
871 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 35 (1%)
- Motorcycle:
5 (0%)
- Bicycle:
62 (1%)
- Walked:
266 (4%)
- Other
means: 56 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 554 (8%)
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People
in group quarters in Chaffee County, Colorado
- 1238
people in state prisons
- 82
people in nursing homes
- 27
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 16
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $46,660.
10.11% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,160 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
10.11% | | Colorado
average: | 10.77% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.03% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($23,592 average AGI)
4.08% relocated from other states ($13,569 average AGI)
| Chaffee
County: |
4.08% | | Colorado
average: | 4.67% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
El Paso County, CO
|
0.74% ($41,023 average AGI) |
| from
Fremont County, CO
|
0.74% ($31,773) |
| from
Jefferson County, CO
|
0.45% ($50,852) |
| from
Arapahoe County, CO
|
0.35% ($92,667) |
| from
Boulder County, CO
|
0.33% ($56,950) |
| from
Denver County, CO
|
0.32% ($21,421) |
| from
Larimer County, CO
|
0.30% ($30,500) |
9.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,391 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
9.70% | | Colorado
average: | 10.03% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.77% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($20,855 average AGI)
3.93% relocated to other states ($11,536 average AGI)
| Chaffee
County: |
3.93% | | Colorado
average: | 3.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Fremont County, CO
|
0.87% ($33,904 average AGI) |
| to
El Paso County, CO
|
0.74% ($52,659) |
| to
Mesa County, CO
|
0.40% ($24,500) |
| to
Jefferson County, CO
|
0.35% ($38,905) |
| to
Denver County, CO
|
0.32% ($25,421) |
| to
Larimer County, CO
|
0.27% ($39,000) |
| to
Arapahoe County, CO
|
0.25% ($23,800) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.8
Births
per 1000 population in Chaffee County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.0
Deaths
per 1000 population in Chaffee County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 1.7
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Chaffee County
|
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,234 (2,887 aged, 347 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 14,865
- In
family households: 12,173 (3,652 male householders, 728 female householders)
3,749
spouses, 3,587 children (3,212 natural, 137 adopted, 238 stepchildren), 164 grandchildren, 69 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 55 other relatives, 117 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,692 (1,062 male householders (804 living alone)), 1,170 female householders (1,063 living alone)), 460 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,377 (1,358 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,449 2-persons, 814 3-persons, 729 4-persons, 272 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 49 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,867 1-person, 305 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 15 4-persons.
2,337 married couples with children.
644 single-parent households (153 men, 491 women).
91.3% of residents of Chaffee County speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $85,625,000 ($5056 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,234,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $50,058,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $14,746,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $56,000
Federal grants: $13,399,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,247,000 ($37,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,119,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $411,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,289,000
Federal Government insurance: $18,382,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 760
| Here: |
45 per 1000 residents | | State: | 76
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 745
| Here: |
44 per 1000 residents | | State: |
32 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +42
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: | +24
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +690
| Here: |
+41 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+10 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Chaffee County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.58 millions of gallons per day (11% from ground, 89% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 447
- 1995
to 1998: 944
- 1990
to 1994: 654
- 1980
to 1989: 1,043
- 1970
to 1979: 1,668
- 1960
to 1969: 939
- 1950
to 1959: 609
- 1940
to 1949: 276
- 1939
or earlier: 1,812
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Chaffee County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 6
- 2
rooms: 148
- 3
rooms: 239
- 4
rooms: 657
- 5
rooms: 1,211
- 6
rooms: 1,212
- 7
rooms: 679
- 8
rooms: 423
- 9
or more rooms: 249
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Chaffee County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 74
- 2
rooms: 122
- 3
rooms: 305
- 4
rooms: 464
- 5
rooms: 433
- 6
rooms: 216
- 7
rooms: 75
- 8
rooms: 38
- 9
or more rooms: 33
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chaffee County:
|
- no
bedroom: 21
- 1
bedroom: 375
- 2
bedrooms: 1,272
- 3
bedrooms: 2,425
- 4
bedrooms: 566
- 5
or more bedrooms: 165
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Chaffee County:
|
- no
bedroom: 75
- 1
bedroom: 413
- 2
bedrooms: 716
- 3
bedrooms: 492
- 4
bedrooms: 50
- 5
or more bedrooms: 14
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Chaffee County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 147
- 1
vehicle: 1,098
- 2
vehicles: 2,081
- 3
vehicles: 1,069
- 4
vehicles: 309
- 5
or more vehicles: 120
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Chaffee County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 203
- 1
vehicle: 760
- 2
vehicles: 587
- 3
vehicles: 155
- 4
vehicles: 35
- 5
or more vehicles: 20
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49% of Chaffee County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Colorado.
| Chaffee
County: |
48.6% | | State
average: |
45.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 7142
- Northeast:
970
- Midwest:
3734
- South:
2254
- West:
1694
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $189,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (51%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Wood
(9%)
- Electricity
(7%)
- Solar
energy (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (67%)
- Electricity
(14%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood
(6%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 145
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 125
| Here: |
13.1% | | Colorado: |
7.9% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 52
| Here: |
13.9% | | Colorado: | 16.7% |
Chaffee
County government finances in 2002:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $89,000
- Charges
- All Other: $1,516,000
Solid Waste Management: $562,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $200,000
- Current
Operations - Central Staff Services: $1,460,000
Regular Highways: $1,456,000
Welfare - Other: $944,000
Police Protection: $907,000
General - Other: $856,000
Health Services - Other: $842,000
Financial Administration: $620,000
Corrections - Other: $421,000
Solid Waste Management: $364,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $304,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $259,000
Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $236,000
General Public Buildings: $231,000
Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $210,000
Air Transportation: $199,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $189,000
Natural Resources - Other: $122,000
Parks & Recreation: $108,000
Fire Protection: $5,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - General Support: $557,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $385,000
General Revenue, NEC: $68,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $474,000
Regular Highways: $364,000
Solid Waste Management: $209,000
Air Transportation: $73,000
Welfare - Other: $16,000
Health - Other: $14,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $9,132,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,872,000
Public Welfare: $1,348,000
All Other: $429,000
Health & Hospitals: $63,000
General Support: $10,000
- Tax
- Total General Sales: $2,187,000
Property: $1,578,000
NEC: $324,000
Other Selective Sales: $220,000
Motor Vehicle License: $46,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $3,278,000
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