Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.82 minutes getting to work every day.
The percentage of adults in Lamar who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.17% of the adults in Lamar have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lamar in 2022 was $32,528, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,112 for a family of four. However, Lamar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lamar is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lamar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lamar residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lamar also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.48% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lamar include German, English, Irish, Danish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Lamar is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
