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Alamosa city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Alamosa city is a Census city of 9,879 people across 7.96 square miles of land, in Alamosa County. Median household income is $49,688, 44.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 21 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.2 m.
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Alamosa
What Alamosa is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.96 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,240
- County holding the largest share of its areaAlamosa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alamosa
How many people live in Alamosa
- Population9,879
- Median age31.2
- Population under 182,545
- Share under 1825.8 percent
- Population 65 and over1,309
- Share 65 and over13.3 percent
- Households4,084
- Family households2,044
- Share of households that are families50.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alamosa
Income and work in Alamosa
- Median household income$49,688
- Per capita income$27,208
- Civilian labor force4,753
- Employed4,544
- Unemployed209 plus or minus 107
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over5,636
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alamosa
Housing in Alamosa
- Housing units4,464
- Occupied units4,084
- Vacant units380 plus or minus 159
- Vacancy rate8.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied1,810
- Renter occupied2,274
- Ownership rate44.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$225,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$837
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.2 percent
- Single family units2,794
- Share single family62.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,541 plus or minus 368
- Share in buildings of two or more34.5 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Mobile homes107 plus or minus 67
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alamosa
How Alamosa gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,118
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,039
- Share commuting under 15 minutes73.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more391 plus or minus 165
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Drove alone75.9 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked9.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home4.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alamosa
SBA 7(a) lending to Alamosa borrowers
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$9,155,600
- Average approval$435,981
- Median approval$273,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$850,000
- Largest approval$2,317,000
- Jobs supported279
- Jobs per approval13.3
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full7
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.8 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS17
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Alamosa
SBA 504 lending to Alamosa borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$252,000
- Average approval$126,000
- Median approval$185,000
- Largest approval$185,000
- Jobs supported14
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Alamosa County, not Alamosa
Alamosa County context, not Alamosa figures
These are Alamosa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Alamosa measurements.
- Establishments in Alamosa County486
- Employment at those establishments, Alamosa County5,956
- Covered employment, Alamosa County8,152
- Average annual pay, Alamosa County$49,261
- Average weekly wage, Alamosa County$947
- Housing units permitted, Alamosa County51
- Of those, single family, Alamosa County39
- County product, 2024, Alamosa County$911,621,000
- County product change over the prior year, Alamosa County-0.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Alamosa County$41,933
Every figure in this section is published for Alamosa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Alamosa. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Alamosa questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Alamosa, Colorado?
9,879, in 4,084 households. Alamosa city covers 7.96 square miles of land, which is 1,240 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Alamosa in?
Alamosa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Alamosa?
$49,688. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $225,200. Median gross rent is $837 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Alamosa businesses?
21 7(a) approvals totalling $9.2 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $273,600, plus 2 504 approvals worth $252,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Alamosa, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Alamosa borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Alamosa. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Alamosa figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Alamosa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Alamosa.
Is zoning published for Alamosa?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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