Being a small city, Rocky Ford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Rocky Ford with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.89% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or 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.
