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Meeker, CO

2,528 Population
3.6 square miles 704.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Rio Blanco County: 39.1 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,084 ±$4,011 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rio Blanco County: $33,375 ±$2,941
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$71,301 ±$15,365 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rio Blanco County: $72,620 ±$5,539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

9% ±5.3% (223  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Rio Blanco County: 9% † 559 (±3% / ±186)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

10.1 minutes ±2.3 (9,225  ±3,075) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rio Blanco County: 15 † 39,350 (±2.6 / ±7,743)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

1,077 ±176 Number of households
  • Rio Blanco County: 2,587 ±166
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.3 ±0.5 (2,476  ±379) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rio Blanco County: 2.4 6,202 (±0.2 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

12.9% ±8.9% (59  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rio Blanco County: 9.1% † 127 (±5.1% / ±71)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

1,255 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Rio Blanco County: 3,288 ±21
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$231,900 ±$25,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rio Blanco County: $243,400 ±$20,675
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

17.3% ±7.2% (428  ±189.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rio Blanco County: 13.3% † 854 (±3.6% / ±233.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

90.5% ±6.9% (1,498  ±258) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rio Blanco County: 93.3% 4,047 (±7.9% / ±371.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
34.9% ±8.4% (577  ±164.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rio Blanco County: 26.6% † 1,154 (±4.9% / ±217.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

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

7.4% ±4.9% (187  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rio Blanco County: 5.1% 329
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

12.6% ±5.6% (232  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rio Blanco County: 10.3% † 506 (±2.9% / ±143)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
232 Total veterans ±110 199 Male ±97 33 Female ±30

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