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Delta, CO

9,421 Population
13.3 square miles 709.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delta County: 48.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,317 ±$9,557 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Delta County: $35,658 ±$2,794
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,250 ±$7,512 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delta County: $57,774 ±$4,050
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±5.2% (1,896  ±479) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delta County: 14% † 4,283 (±2% / ±619)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±3.5 (65,390  ±13,748) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delta County: 24.2 255,125 (±2.3 / ±28,011)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,760 ±223 Number of households
  • Delta County: 12,959 ±333
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (9,181  ±55) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delta County: 2.4 30,560 (±0.1 / ±54)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±4.5% (130  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Delta County: 7.4% † 413 (±2.6% / ±147)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,095 ±249 Number of housing units
  • Delta County: 15,025 ±39
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$283,300 ±$62,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delta County: $343,200 ±$13,461
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±3% (787  ±283.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delta County: 9.7% † 3,030 (±1.6% / ±489.7)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.8% ±6.7% (5,498  ±523.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delta County: 90.8% 21,250 (±4.2% / ±989.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.4% ±3.9% (1,509  ±253.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delta County: 26.6% 6,236 (±2.2% / ±504)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.4% ±2.8% (694  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Delta County: 3.8% 1,202
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±2.7% (679  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Delta County: 9.3% † 2,368 (±1.4% / ±348)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
679 Total veterans ±194 620 Male ±183 59 Female ±51

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