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Meeker, CO

2,580 Population
3.6 square miles 718.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rio Blanco County: 37.8 ±1.7
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,424 ±$3,986 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rio Blanco County: $34,099 ±$3,130
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,548 ±$19,381 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rio Blanco County: $65,473 † ±$8,193
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.3% ±3% (133  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rio Blanco County: 8.5% † 534 (±4% / ±250)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±6.5 (21,660  ±8,486) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rio Blanco County: 17.4 † 48,540 (±3.9 / ±11,789)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,192 ±140 Number of households
  • Rio Blanco County: 2,805 ±159
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (2,509  ±313) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rio Blanco County: 2.2 6,255 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.2% ±7.1% (58  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Rio Blanco County: 5.4% † 77 (±2.8% / ±40)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,312 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Rio Blanco County: 3,296 ±31
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$286,000 ±$60,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rio Blanco County: $274,400 † ±$44,715
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.3% ±6.3% (363  ±165) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rio Blanco County: 12.2% † 787 (±3.7% / ±237.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±9% (1,659  ±270.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rio Blanco County: 95.8% 4,254 (±8.7% / ±414.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.4% ±8.5% (613  ±171.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rio Blanco County: 24.7% † 1,095 (±5% / ±224.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • a little less than 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

6.7% ±6.3% (173  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rio Blanco County: 4.8% 315
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±3.6% (167  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rio Blanco County: 9.3% † 463 (±2.1% / ±103)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
167 Total veterans ±73 158 Male ±72 9 Female ±13

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