Salida is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 5,900 people and two associated neighborhoods, Salida is the 85th largest community in Colorado. Salida has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Housing costs in Salida are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.

Of important note, Salida is also a city of artists. Salida has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Salida’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Salida telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.76% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of Salida is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.32 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Being a small city, Salida does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Salida, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Salida is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 56.10% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Salida in 2022 was $46,002, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $184,008 for a family of four. However, Salida contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Salida is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Salida home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Salida residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Salida also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Salida include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Salida is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.