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81521

16,861 Population
181.6 square miles 92.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$39,924 ±$3,753 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $38,589 ±$1,079
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$82,632 ±$7,945 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $71,485 ±$1,848
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

3.3% ±1.4% (554  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 11.2% 17,123 (±1% / ±1,509)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

20.7 minutes ±1.6 (143,955  ±18,511) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 19.3 1,226,540 (±0.7 / ±56,730)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

6,346 ±367 Number of households
  • the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 64,559 ±643
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.6 ±0.2 (16,777  ±563) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 2.4 153,201 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

1.3% ±1.4% (47  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 3.7% † 1,254 (±1.1% / ±372)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

6,531 ±370 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 68,861 ±61
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$385,300 ±$19,328 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $349,400 ±$6,475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

12.5% ±4.5% (2,105  ±763.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 17% 26,560 (±1.3% / ±2,053.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

94.4% ±6.2% (11,004  ±906.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 92.4% 102,618 (±2.2% / ±2,427.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
32% ±3.8% (3,728  ±475.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 30.6% 34,032 (±1.2% / ±1,368.8)
  • 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

1.2% ±0.9% (198  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 4.1% 6,462
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

10.3% ±2.7% (1,275  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 9.3% 11,590 (±0.6% / ±731)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
1,275 Total veterans ±337 1,265 Male ±340 10 Female ±16

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