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Ouray County, CO

5,087 Population
540.7 square miles 9.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,268 ±$3,547 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,020 ±$11,186 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.3% ±1.7% (216  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±2.6 (51,320  ±7,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,623 ±167 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (5,087  ±1) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±3.9% (31  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,531 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$739,800 ±$56,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±2.6% (443  ±132.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.4% ±6.1% (4,234  ±307.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
56.5% ±4.3% (2,455  ±205.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 1.5 times 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

3.9% (196  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.4% ±2.7% (463  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
463 Total veterans ±119 386 Male ±111 77 Female ±59

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