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Grand Junction, CO

70,556 Population
40.8 square miles 1,731.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 42 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,987 ±$3,943 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $40,608 ±$2,186
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,788 ±$9,098 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $75,231 ±$6,676
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11% ±2.6% (7,322  ±1,728) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 9.8% † 15,451 (±1.8% / ±2,747)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

15.8 minutes ±0.7 (463,935  ±26,773) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 18.9 1,202,745 (±0.9 / ±62,226)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,264 ±1,469 Number of households
  • the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 68,727 ±1,088
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (66,324  ±72) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 2.3 156,417 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.1% ±2% (361  ±340) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 2.7% † 945 (±1.5% / ±520)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,332 ±1,549 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 72,197 ±43
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$420,700 ±$17,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $410,200 ±$14,868
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20.9% ±4.1% (14,612  ±2,851.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 13.1% † 21,074 (±2.1% / ±3,412.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.9% ±6.5% (48,079  ±3,870.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 93% 107,972 (±4.7% / ±5,576.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.2% 3,917,493 (±0.8% / ±32,413.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.8% ±4.9% (22,202  ±2,635.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 37.7% 43,774 (±3% / ±3,521.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.7% ±1.6% (2,633  ±1,141) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 3.9% 6,213
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.1% ±2.7% (5,431  ±1,586) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 10.1% † 13,125 (±1.7% / ±2,243)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,431 Total veterans ±1,586 4,526 Male ±1,296 905 Female ±605

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