Air Force Academy is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Air Force Academy area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Air Force Academy maintain a good economy.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 11.48 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small town, Air Force Academy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Air Force Academy is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.40% of adults in Air Force Academy have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Air Force Academy in 2022 was $20,100, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,400 for a family of four. However, Air Force Academy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Air Force Academy is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Air Force Academy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Air Force Academy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Air Force Academy also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.19% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Air Force Academy include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Air Force Academy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
