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Rocky Ford city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Rocky Ford city is a Census city of 3,815 people across 1.68 square miles of land, in Otero County. Median household income is $40,655, 62.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Rocky Ford
What Rocky Ford is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.68 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,272
- County holding the largest share of its areaOtero 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.
Rocky Ford
How many people live in Rocky Ford
- Population3,815
- Median age42.3
- Population under 18840 plus or minus 191
- Share under 1822.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Population 65 and over647 plus or minus 163
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Households1,369
- Family households944
- Share of households that are families69.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rocky Ford
Income and work in Rocky Ford
- Median household income$40,655 plus or minus $15,660
- Per capita income$20,677
- Civilian labor force1,593
- Employed1,410
- Unemployed183 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate11.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over2,565
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.0 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rocky Ford
Housing in Rocky Ford
- Housing units1,781
- Occupied units1,369
- Vacant units412 plus or minus 135
- Vacancy rate23.1 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Owner occupied853
- Renter occupied516 plus or minus 155
- Ownership rate62.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$143,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$775 plus or minus $158
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.9 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Single family units1,253
- Share single family70.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more339 plus or minus 124
- Share in buildings of two or more19.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes189 plus or minus 126
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rocky Ford
How Rocky Ford gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,367
- Commuting under 15 minutes565 plus or minus 192
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.3 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more322 plus or minus 161
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.6 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Drove alone85.0 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home1.5 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rocky Ford
SBA 7(a) lending to Rocky Ford borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,407,700
- Average approval$281,540
- Median approval$39,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$690,000
- Largest approval$690,000
- Jobs supported27
- Jobs per approval5.4
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Otero County, not Rocky Ford
Otero County context, not Rocky Ford figures
These are Otero County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rocky Ford measurements.
- Establishments in Otero County403
- Employment at those establishments, Otero County4,508
- Covered employment, Otero County6,054
- Average annual pay, Otero County$46,375
- Average weekly wage, Otero County$892
- Housing units permitted, Otero County46
- Of those, single family, Otero County12
- County product, 2024, Otero County$738,815,000
- County product change over the prior year, Otero County1.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Otero County$43,005
Every figure in this section is published for Otero County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rocky Ford. 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
Rocky Ford questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rocky Ford, Colorado?
3,815, in 1,369 households. Rocky Ford city covers 1.68 square miles of land, which is 2,272 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rocky Ford in?
Otero 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 Rocky Ford?
$40,655. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $143,900. Median gross rent is $775 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rocky Ford businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $39,900. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rocky Ford, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rocky Ford borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rocky Ford. only 2 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 Rocky Ford figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Otero 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 Rocky Ford.
Is zoning published for Rocky Ford?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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