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Montrose County, CO

43,807 Population
2,240.9 square miles 19.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,321 ±$1,439 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,120 ±$2,832 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±2.2% (5,003  ±960) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±1.2 (358,390  ±28,308) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

18,069 ±369 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (43,000  ±35) Persons per household
  • 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

6% ±2.8% (499  ±232) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,758 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$388,400 ±$12,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±1.7% (4,109  ±716.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±3.9% (29,248  ±1,254) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
28.7% ±2.2% (9,172  ±686.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

6% (2,627  ±366) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±1% (2,976  ±339) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 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)
2,976 Total veterans ±339 2,711 Male ±310 265 Female ±94

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