Battlement Mesa, Colorado
Highlights from the Census 2000 Demographic Profiles:

General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	3497	100.0	100%
Male	1695	48.5	49.1%
Female	1802	51.5	50.9%
Median age (years)	40	(X)	35.3
Under 5 years	233	6.7	6.8%
18 years and over	2670	76.4	74.3%
65 years and over	857	24.5	12.4%
One race	3438	98.3	97.6%
White	3320	94.9	75.1%
Black or African American	14	0.4	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	24	0.7	0.9%
Asian	6	0.2	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1	0.1%
Some other race	70	2	5.5%
Two or more races	59	1.7	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	247	7.1	12.5%
Average household size	2.35	(X)	2.59
Average family size	2.79	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	1631	100.0	100.0%
Occupied housing units	1476	90.5	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	802	54.3	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	674	45.7	33.8%
Vacant housing units	155	9.5	9.0%
Social Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Population 25 years and over	2407	100.0
High school graduate or higher	(X)	86.9	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	21.9	24.4%

Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	1341	48.9	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (population 16 years and over)	33.4	(X)	25.5
Median household income (dollars)	36680	(X)	41,994
Median family income (dollars)	42331	(X)	50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	18653	(X)	21,857
Families below poverty level	33	3.2	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	206	6	12.4%
Housing Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes	589	100.0
Median value (dollars)	146200	(X)	119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	(X)	(X)
With a mortgage	921	(X)	1,088
Not mortgaged	252	(X)	295

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 1 (SF 1) and Summary File 3 (SF 3)