Hooper, Colorado

Population

Down 1.3% since 2020.

77

people, the 259th-largest of Colorado's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Colorado's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

97.8%

of 89 jobs located in Hooper are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $223.

A $223 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Alamosa County.

• $773 Tract 9602.01
• $996 Tract 9601

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 0 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 94% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 70 homes here.

0–1

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 71% less than Colorado's.

$158,800

median home value in Hooper.

• $158,800 Hooper
• $539,400 Colorado
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year