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Montrose, CO

21,044 Population
18.9 square miles 1,113.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 46.1 ±0.5
  • 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

$39,045 ±$2,843 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: $38,321 ±$1,439
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,386 ±$5,938 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: $72,120 ±$2,832
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.6% ±2.9% (2,405  ±606) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 11.5% † 5,003 (±2.2% / ±960)
  • 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)

20.4 minutes ±2.1 (163,205  ±22,620) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 21.1 358,390 (±1.2 / ±28,308)
  • 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

9,050 ±386 Number of households
  • the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 18,069 ±369
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (20,619  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 2.4 43,000 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±4.5% (324  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 6% † 499 (±2.8% / ±232)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,805 ±355 Number of housing units
  • the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 19,758 ±32
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$387,900 ±$15,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: $388,400 ±$12,255
  • 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

10.6% ±2.6% (2,197  ±530.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 9.5% † 4,109 (±1.7% / ±716.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±5.5% (14,342  ±957.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 91.6% 29,248 (±3.9% / ±1,254)
  • 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)
33.5% ±3.4% (5,172  ±544.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 28.7% 9,172 (±2.2% / ±686.9)
  • 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

5.3% ±1.4% (1,107  ±294) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 6% 2,627
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.3% (1,188  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Montrose, CO Micro Area: 8.5% † 2,976 (±1% / ±339)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,188 Total veterans ±227 1,071 Male ±205 117 Female ±63

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