Moving to Monument, Colorado

About Monument, Colorado
Monument

Monument is a home rule town situated at the base of the Rampart Range in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Monument is one of the three communities that make up the Tri-Lakes area, along with Palmer Lake and Woodmoor. Monument is bordered by Pike National Forest on the west, Colorado Springs and the United States Air Force Academy to the south, Bald Mountain, True Mountain, and Spruce Mountain to the north, and Black Forest and rolling plains to the east. Monument was first settled as a stop along the Rio Grande Railroad in 1872, and the area was incorporated as a town called Henry's Station in 1879, but the name was later changed to Monument. The town population was 10,399 at the 2020 United States census, a 88% increase from a population of 5,530 in 2010 and a 528% increase from a population of 1,971 in 2000.

Gender
Gender Monument Colorado Country
Female 51.1% 49.7% 50.8%
Male 48.9% 50.3% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%49%Female51.1%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.06%3%7%3%4%12%15%19%19%13%$100K to $150K18.6%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Monument Colorado Country
Less than $10,000 5.9% 4.5% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 2.6% 3.1% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 7.4% 6.6% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 2.6% 7.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 4.3% 11% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 12.4% 17.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 14.5% 13.6% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 18.6% 18.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 18.5% 8.7% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 13.1% 9.6% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.02%2%11%16%10%36%20%1%2%Bachelor Degree36%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Monument Colorado Country
< 9th Grade 2% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 2% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 11% 21% 27.0%
Other College 16% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 10% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 36% 26% 20.0%
Master's Degree 20% 11% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 2% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
 Monument Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K5.94.55.82.63.14.17.46.68.52.67.28.64.3111212.417.417.214.513.612.818.618.215.618.58.77.113.19.68.3
Education
 Monument Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade235257112127162120109936262020119122221
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.090%0%0%1%6%0%3%0%White89.6%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Monument Colorado Country
White 89.6% 67.5% 60.1%
African American 0.1% 3.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.5% 0.6%
Asian 1% 3.1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 3.4% 2.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 5.9% 21.7% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Monument Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0022.54567.590Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite89.667.560.10.13.912.200.50.613.15.600.10.200.20.33.42.92.85.921.718.2