"Downtown Pagosa Springs" was the final destination for a duo of truckers in the 1975 Country song Wolf Creek Pass by C.W. McCall. U.S. Highway 160 from the pass to town goes through a vertical drop of around 5,000 feet, and is described in the song as "hairpin county and switchback city".

Geography
Pagosa Springs is placed at 37°16'V" North, 107°1'28" West (37.268032, -107.024554).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the town has the sum vicinity of Xi.Four km² (4.4 mi²). Eleven.Trio klick² (Quaternity.Quartet mi²) of these are l& and Nought.I klick² (Nought.04 mi²) of these are h2o. A number metropolitan area is Cipher.68% water supply.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 1,591 people, 633 menage, & 415 families living in the town. A population density is 140.2/km² (363.1/mi²). There are 746 housing units at an typical density of 65.8/km² (170.2/mi²). A racial makeup of the town is 74.61% White, 0.50% African American, 2.20% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 18.73% from other races, and 3.71% from two or more races. 43.18% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 633 menage away from which 32.4% develop toddlers under a age of Eighteen swallow the children, 46.1% come married couples living together, 13.6% have a female homeowner by having there is no married man present, & 34.4% come non-families. Xxvii.8% of everthing house come mass produced higher of souls & Tenner.3% own somebody dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Two.48 & a typical personal size is Troika.07.

In a town the people is spread retired by owning Twenty-seven.6% under a age of Xviii, Ix.4% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-six.9% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-four.8% from either 45 to 64, & Eleven.3% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 37 years. For each Centred females there are 96.Quatern males. For each Century females age Xviii & ended, there are 94.Troika males.

the median income for a house in the town is $29,469, & the median income for a personal is $33,831. Males have a median income of $24,125 versus $21,406 for females. A per capita income for the town is $15,355. Fourteen.1% of the people & Xi.9% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a sum people, Xiv.6% of people under a age of 18 & 21.1% of people 65 & older come dwelling beneath a poverty level.