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Montrose, CO

20,703 Population
18.9 square miles 1,095.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 45.7 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,439 ±$2,522 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: $36,936 ±$1,556
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$63,177 ±$4,456 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: $66,072 ±$4,303
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

12.9% ±2.8% (2,627  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 11.9% † 5,101 (±2.2% / ±923)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

21.1 minutes ±2.1 (165,260  ±20,315) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 21.3 354,600 (±1.3 / ±26,821)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

8,748 ±353 Number of households
  • the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 17,529 ±354
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.3 ±0.1 (20,282  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 2.4 42,526 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

6.6% ±4% (285  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 4.8% † 393 (±2.2% / ±179)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

9,611 ±307 Number of housing units
  • the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 19,429 ±38
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$359,000 ±$14,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: $357,900 ±$12,598
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

11.1% ±2.7% (2,274  ±554.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 9.4% † 4,039 (±1.8% / ±771.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

91.6% ±5% (13,671  ±860.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 91% 28,489 (±3.4% / ±1,088.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
33.6% ±3.4% (5,008  ±522.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 28.3% 8,853 (±2% / ±621.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.4% ±1.3% (1,316  ±275) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 6.7% 2,898
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

7.7% ±1.3% (1,254  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 8.7% † 2,975 (±1% / ±344)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
1,254 Total veterans ±216 1,039 Male ±208 215 Female ±129

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