Educational Attainment in Tract 000401, Chaffee County, Colorado (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
Tract 000401
Chaffee County
0%10%20%30%40%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma247.989586%43.611691%47.989586%48.0%1,65949.175586%48.072373%49.175586%49.2%1,7002.834828%8.315936%2.834828%2.8%98
Count number of people in category
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Chaffee County at large.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
-50%0%+50%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma210.038353%10.038353%+10.0%47.990%48.0%43.612%43.6%2.294900%2.294900%+2.3%49.176%49.2%48.072%48.1%-65.910898%-65.910898%-65.9%2.835%2.83%8.316%8.32%
% percentage with given level in Tract 000401
ref. percentage with given level in Chaffee County
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
Tract 000401
Chaffee County
0%5%10%15%20%25%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None1.330633%1.092554%1.330633%1.3%463.731559%3.194154%3.731559%3.7%12911.773214%9.311065%11.773214%11.8%40720.451258%20.814196%20.451258%20.5%70710.702922%9.199722%10.702922%10.7%37024.327452%21.871955%24.327452%24.3%84124.848134%26.200418%24.848134%24.8%8590.983512%5.629784%0.983512%1.0%341.590975%2.289492%1.590975%1.6%550.260341%0.396660%0.260341%0.3%9
Count number of people in category
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Chaffee County at large.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
-50%0%+50%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None21.791104%21.791104%+21.8%1.331%1.33%1.093%1.09%16.824630%16.824630%+16.8%3.732%3.73%3.194%3.19%26.443260%26.443260%+26.4%11.773%11.8%9.311%9.31%-1.743704%-1.743704%-1.7%20.451%20.5%20.814%20.8%16.339624%16.339624%+16.3%10.703%10.7%9.200%9.20%11.226687%11.226687%+11.2%24.327%24.3%21.872%21.9%-5.161304%-5.161304%-5.2%24.848%24.8%26.200%26.2%-82.530206%-82.530206%-82.5%0.984%0.98%5.630%5.63%-30.509701%-30.509701%-30.5%1.591%1.59%2.289%2.29%-34.366579%-34.366579%-34.4%0.260%0.26%0.397%0.40%
% percentage with given level in Tract 000401
ref. percentage with given level in Chaffee County
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#5

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
More Females More Males
Chaffee County
Tract 000401
0%50%100%150%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-9.745364%8.431433%8.431433%8%45.983%46.0%49.860%49.9%-14.291532%-1.320746%-14.291532%14%52.578%52.6%46.003%46.0%187.479039%80.729863%187.479039%187%1.439%1.44%4.136%4.14%
F females in category as a percentage of all females
M males in category as a percentage of all males
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

Detailed Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#6

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
More Females More Males
Chaffee County
Tract 000401
0%500%1,000%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None1,000.000000%195.415650%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%2.571%2.57%1,000.000000%298.162525%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%7.211%7.21%-32.594474%-53.297734%-32.594474%33%13.489%13.5%10.173%10.2%-13.178120%-6.913706%-13.178120%13%21.763%21.8%19.229%19.2%-0.515713%-45.108030%-0.515713%1%10.731%10.7%10.676%10.7%-131.846478%-40.560686%-131.846478%132%34.472%34.5%14.869%14.9%71.962582%30.245088%71.962582%72%18.106%18.1%31.135%31.1%-157.410072%-157.410072%157%15.264420%1.439%1.44%0.559%0.56%1,000.000000%553.557826%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%3.074%3.07%1,000.000000%1,000.000000%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%0.503%0.50%
F females in category as a percentage of all females
M males in category as a percentage of all males
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
Tract 000401
Chaffee County
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-3433.050047%23.686701%33.050047%33.1%3501,05916.883923%18.843831%16.883923%16.9%2721,61111.526480%29.587482%11.526480%11.5%3732110.300429%12.232143%10.300429%10.3%48466
B.X. number of people with a Bachelor's degree
Total number of people in age cohort

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Chaffee County at large.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
60%40%20%0%20%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-3439.529970%39.529970%39.5%33.050%33.1%23.687%23.7%-10.400793%-10.400793%10.4%16.884%16.9%18.844%18.8%-61.042715%-61.042715%61.0%11.526%11.5%29.587%29.6%-15.792112%-15.792112%15.8%10.300%10.3%12.232%12.2%
% percentage in Tract 000401 with a Bachelor's degree
ref percentage in Chaffee County with a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's Degrees Sex Ratio By Age#9

Percentage more likely men or women are to have their highest degree be a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
More Females More Males
Chaffee County
Tract 000401
50%0%50%FM65+45-6435-4425-34-7.721281%-7.721281%7.7%22.271290%34.275%34.3%31.818%31.8%-12.624640%-15.851331%-12.624640%12.6%17.879%17.9%15.875%15.9%-96.917808%-15.229008%-96.917808%96.9%15.753%15.8%8.000%8.00%-39.926274%69.445939%69.445939%69.4%7.222%7.22%12.238%12.2%
F female degree holders as a percentage of all females
M male degree holders as a percentage of all males

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
Tract 000401
Chaffee County
$0k$20k$40kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeH.S. Diploma2Total$49,500.000000$48,194.000000$49,500.000000$49.5k58216.835%16.8%$40,074.000000$36,932.000000$40,074.000000$40.1k70720.451%20.5%$27,102.000000$26,296.000000$27,102.000000$27.1k85924.848%24.8%$31,190.000000$30,640.000000$31,190.000000$31.2k3,457100.000%100%
Count number of people with given highest level of educational attainment
% percentage of people with given highest level of educational attainment
1or professional degree 2H.S. = High School

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
Female Male
Chaffee County
Tract 000401
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeTotal$-36,563.000000$-37,750.000000$-36,563.000000$36.6k$36,563.000000$29,246.000000$37,750.000000$16,694.000000$65,809.000000$65.8k225357$-38,646.000000$-32,104.000000$-38,646.000000$38.6k$38,646.000000$5,550.000000$32,104.000000$16,058.000000$44,196.000000$44.2k363344$-25,988.000000$-24,517.000000$-25,988.000000$26.0k$25,988.000000$11,020.000000$24,517.000000$14,742.000000$37,008.000000$37.0k1,6681,789
F females with given highest level of educational attainment
M males with given highest level of educational attainment
1or professional degree 2H.S. = High School

Employment by Educational Attainment#12

Percentage of population that is employed by highest level of educational attainment among the population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
Tract 000401
Chaffee County
0%20%40%60%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma379.827089%77.668983%79.827089%79.8%55474.450262%78.532216%74.450262%74.5%71159.766764%50.294768%59.766764%59.8%4100.000000%0.000000%0.0%35.616438%0
Count employed people with given educational attainment aged 25 to 64 years old
1or higher 2two or four year institution 3H.S. = High School

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
Female Male
Chaffee County
Tract 000401
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
20%10%0%10%20%30%40%MFWhite1AsianHispanic2Other1-1.311680%-4.655284%-1.311680%1.3%1.311680%2.878580%4.655284%1.377199%4.190260%4.2%7421-0.000000%-0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%15.151515%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-10.714286%-24.113475%-10.714286%10.7%0.000000%24.113475%18.524923%0.000000%0.0%03-0.000000%-7.894737%-14.673913%-7.894737%7.9%0.000000%14.673913%10.634729%0.000000%0.0%03
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Chaffee County and Tract 000401
Female Male
Chaffee County
Tract 000401
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
100%50%0%50%100%MFWhite1AsianHispanic2Other1-35.602748%-35.953608%-35.602748%35.6%35.602748%3.864975%35.953608%3.767969%39.467724%39.5%697570-100.000000%-15.151515%-84.848485%-100.000000%100.0%100.000000%0.000000%15.151515%100.000000%100.0%44-0.000000%-2.709069%-15.257834%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%2.709069%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-36.842105%-9.876543%-4.253892%-36.842105%36.8%0.000000%9.876543%0.000000%0.0%014
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Educational Attainment by Tract in Chaffee County

There are 5 tracts in Chaffee County. This section compares Tract 000401 to all of the tracts in Chaffee County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 000401.

No H.S. Diploma by Tract#15

Percent of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Tract 000401, selected other tracts in Chaffee County, and entities that contain Tract 000401
0%5%10%Count#000100Tract 000100WestUnited States of AmericaUnited States000402Tract 000402MountainColoradoChaffee CountyChaffee000200Tract 000200Buena Vista School District R-31Buena Vis R-31000300Tract 000300000401Tract 00040114.659427%14.659427%14.7%297114.435746%14.435746%14.4%7,178,2187.18M13.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.482168%12.482168%12.5%350211.572881%11.572881%11.6%1,755,2861.76M9.015583%9.015583%9.0%323,691324k8.315936%8.315936%8.3%1,1957.936029%7.936029%7.9%26336.827901%6.827901%6.8%4636.753341%6.753341%6.8%18742.834828%2.834828%2.8%985
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 5 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).

Bachelor's Degrees by Tract#16

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..
Scope: population of Tract 000401, selected other tracts in Chaffee County, and entities that contain Tract 000401
0%10%20%30%40%Count#000300Tract 000300Colorado000401Tract 000401000200Tract 000200Chaffee CountyChaffee000100Tract 000100Buena Vista School District R-31Buena Vis R-31WestUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMountain000402Tract 00040244.600939%44.600939%44.6%1,235138.707368%38.707368%38.7%1,389,7301.39M37.286665%37.286665%37.3%1,289236.089318%36.089318%36.1%1,196334.411969%34.411969%34.4%4,94533.267522%33.267522%33.3%674431.676744%31.676744%31.7%2,14831.501368%31.501368%31.5%15,664,15015.7M30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M30.120223%30.120223%30.1%4,568,4054.57M19.650499%19.650499%19.7%5515
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 5 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..

Very Advanced Degrees by Tract#17

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD).
Scope: population of Tract 000401, selected other tracts in Chaffee County, and entities that contain Tract 000401
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%Count#000200Tract 000200000401Tract 000401000300Tract 000300Chaffee CountyChaffeeColoradoWestBuena Vista School District R-31Buena Vis R-31United States of AmericaUnited States000100Tract 000100Mountain000402Tract 0004026.759203%6.759203%6.8%22415.062193%5.062193%5.1%17524.622607%4.622607%4.6%12834.286708%4.286708%4.3%6163.857674%3.857674%3.9%138,504139k3.594387%3.594387%3.6%1,787,3201.79M3.436071%3.436071%3.4%2333.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.307009%3.307009%3.3%6743.117008%3.117008%3.1%472,764473k0.784593%0.784593%0.8%225
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 5 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older with a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD).

Under-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#18

Percentage more likely men are than women to not have a high school diploma (or equivalent) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Tract 000401, selected other tracts in Chaffee County, and entities that contain Tract 000401
Female
Male
1x0x1x2x3xFM#Tract 000402Buena Vis R-31Tract 000401ChaffeeTract 000300Tract 000200Tract 000100ColoradoUnited StatesMountainWest-1.000000x-1.000000x3.867940x3.867940x3.87x4.311%4.31%16.676%16.7%1-1.000000x-1.000000x3.603308x3.603308x3.60x2.747%2.75%9.899%9.90%-1.000000x-1.000000x2.874790x2.874790x2.87x1.439%1.44%4.136%4.14%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.807299x1.807299x1.81x5.817%5.82%10.513%10.5%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.674646x1.674646x1.67x5.007%5.01%8.386%8.39%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.255210x1.255210x1.26x7.077%7.08%8.883%8.88%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.217004x1.217004x1.22x13.242%13.2%16.116%16.1%5-1.000000x-1.000000x1.145449x1.145449x1.15x8.409%8.41%9.633%9.63%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.089296x1.089296x1.09x11.085%11.1%12.074%12.1%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.053669x1.053669x1.05x14.065%14.1%14.820%14.8%
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 5 by male-to-female sex ratio

Over-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#19

Percentage more likely men are than women to have a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Tract 000401, selected other tracts in Chaffee County, and entities that contain Tract 000401
Female
Male
0x5x10xFM#Tract 000401Tract 000402Buena Vis R-31Tract 000200ChaffeeTract 000300MountainUnited StatesWestColoradoTract 000100-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%9.782%9.78%1-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%1.187%1.19%2-1.000000x-1.000000x6.262042x6.262042x6.26x0.859%0.86%5.376%5.38%-1.000000x-1.000000x5.397876x5.397876x5.40x2.186%2.19%11.802%11.8%3-1.000000x-1.000000x3.670794x3.670794x3.67x1.770%1.77%6.498%6.50%-1.000000x-1.000000x2.484456x2.484456x2.48x2.616%2.62%6.499%6.50%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.667254x1.667254x1.67x2.345%2.35%3.910%3.91%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.478410x1.478410x1.48x2.911%2.91%4.304%4.30%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.406987x1.406987x1.41x3.210%3.21%4.517%4.52%-2.130755x-2.130755x2.13x1.000000x1.000000x4.479%4.48%2.102%2.10%5
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 5 by male-to-female sex ratio

Definitions

Educational attainment is reported in terms of the highest level of education obtained by persons aged 25 years and older. On this page, we report on both detailed and coarse categorizations of the levels of education in the population. The detailed levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • None: no formal education at all
  • Less than High School: some education, but stopped short of high school
  • Some High School: some high school education, but no high school diploma (or equivalent)
  • Some College: high school diploma (or equivalent), and some college, but no post-secondary degree
  • Associate's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is an associate's degree (including occupational or academic degrees)
  • Bachelor's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a bachelor's degree (e.g., BA, BS, AB)
  • Master's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a master's degree (e.g., MA, MS, MENG, MSW)
  • Professional Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a professional degree (e.g., MD, DDC, JD)
  • Doctorate Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, EdD)

The coarse levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • No High School Diploma: does not have a high school diploma or equivalent
  • High School Diploma: has a high school diploma or equivalent and possibly some college, but no post-secondary degrees
  • Higher Degree: has some post-secondary degree (associate's, bachelor's, master's, professional, doctorate)

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State:
Colorado
County:
Chaffee
Town:
Buena Vista
ZIP Codes:
81211, 81236
Unified School District:
Buena Vista R-31
Congressional District:
CO-5
State Senate District:
CO-5
State House District:
CO-60
Block Groups:
Block Group 000401-1, Block Group 000401-2, Block Group 000401-3, Block Group 000401-4
Neighboring Tracts:
Tract 000300, Tract 000402, Tract 000500, Tract 961900, Tract 963600