Rocky Ford is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The rate of college-level education in Rocky Ford is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.89% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rocky Ford in 2022 was $18,222, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,888 for a family of four. However, Rocky Ford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rocky Ford also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.22% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Rocky Ford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rocky Ford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Rocky Ford, accounting for 67.14% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Rocky Ford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rocky Ford include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Rocky Ford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
