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Population (year 2000): 278. Estimated
population in July 2005: 273 (-1.8% change)
Males: 138 (49.6%), Females: 140 (50.4%)
Yuma County
Zip code:
80727
Median resident age: 31.7 years
Median household income: $23,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $41,900 (year 2000)
Races in Eckley:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.0%)
- Hispanic (19.4%)
- Other race (10.8%)
- American Indian (3.6%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (27.3%), Irish (11.5%),
English (11.2%), United States (9.0%), Dutch (5.0%), Polish
(2.9%).
Elevation: 3894 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Eckley
- High school or higher: 71.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Eckley town
- Never married: 14.0%
- Now married: 62.4%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 13.4%
- Divorced: 8.6%
10.8% Foreign born (9.4% Latin America, 1.4%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +67 (+31.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Eckley:
- YUMA DISTRICT HOSPITAL - CAH (about 15 miles; YUMA,
CO)
- WRAY COMM DIST HOSPITAL - CAH (about 20 miles; WRAY,
CO)
- HAXTUN HOSPITAL DISTRICT - CAH (about 34 miles;
HAXTUN, CO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Eckley:
- COLORADO PLAINS REGIONAL (about 51 miles; AKRON, CO;
ID: AKO)
- RENNER FLD /GOODLAND MUNI/ (about 76 miles;
GOODLAND, KS; ID: GLD)
- MC COOK MUNI (about 132 miles; MC COOK, NE; ID: MCK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Eckley:
- YUMA MUNI (about 15 miles; YUMA, CO; ID: 2V6)
- WRAY MUNI (about 18 miles; WRAY, CO; ID: 2V5)
- HOLYOKE (about 35 miles; HOLYOKE, CO; ID: HEQ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Eckley:
- METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER (about 136
miles; DENVER, CO; Full-time enrollment: 12,938)
- UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER (about 136 miles;
DENVER, CO; FT enrollment: 8,839)
- UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (about 136 miles; DENVER, CO;
FT enrollment: 7,592)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER (about 136 miles;
DENVER, CO; FT enrollment: 3,352)
- ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 136 miles;
LITTLETON, CO; FT enrollment: 3,666)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO (about 155 miles;
GREELEY, CO; FT enrollment: 10,983)
- AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 159 miles; GREELEY,
CO; FT enrollment: 3,722)
Private primary/middle school in Eckley:
- NEW LIFE ACADEMY (Students: 51; Location: BOX
157; Grades: KG - 5)
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