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Grand Junction, CO

69,406 Population
40.6 square miles 1,708.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 41.6 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$40,631 ±$3,732 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $37,714 ±$2,295
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $51,768 ±$630
$67,887 ±$8,847 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $64,722 † ±$8,315
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $92,911 ±$1,057

11.6% ±2.9% (7,621  ±1,928) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 12.4% † 19,264 (±2.5% / ±3,925)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.3% 536,507 (±0.4% / ±22,964)

16 minutes ±0.7 (450,935  ±27,331) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 19.3 1,226,540 (±0.7 / ±56,730)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

31,087 ±1,591 Number of households
  • the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 68,115 ±1,227
  • Colorado: 2,428,261 ±9,051
2.1 ±0.1 (65,112  ±108) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 2.3 154,927 (±0 / ±118)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,752,541

4.3% ±3.6% (708  ±607) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,039 (±3% / ±1,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 68,829 (±0.4% / ±5,130)

Housing

32,103 ±1,585 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 71,412 ±55
  • Colorado: 2,638,093 ±2,183

$397,800 ±$19,967 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $373,200 ±$13,227
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $550,300 ±$4,023

13.9% ±2.8% (9,592  ±1,906.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 11.1% † 17,512 (±1.8% / ±2,903.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.7% 915,016 (±0.5% / ±29,617.2)

Social

95.1% ±6.5% (46,209  ±3,606.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 92.6% 105,420 (±4.7% / ±5,418.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.3% 3,857,279 (±0.8% / ±32,004.4)
41% ±4% (19,937  ±2,071.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 32.2% 36,654 (±2.5% / ±2,889.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 46.4% 1,920,057 (±0.5% / ±21,581.8)

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

4.4% ±2% (3,018  ±1,362) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 5.3% 8,492
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 563,101

8.6% ±1.7% (4,851  ±990) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 9.6% † 12,287 (±1.4% / ±1,829)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.2% 332,717 (±0.2% / ±10,113)
4,851 Total veterans ±990 4,552 Male ±976 299 Female ±267

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