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81521

16,613 Population
181.6 square miles 91.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$43,586 ±$3,297 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $40,076 ±$1,053
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
$88,458 ±$3,577 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $73,658 ±$2,093
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578

3.7% ±1.6% (606  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 10.7% 16,561 (±1% / ±1,571)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)

20.6 minutes ±2.5 (142,415  ±21,812) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 18.9 1,202,745 (±0.9 / ±62,226)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)

Families

6,436 ±389 Number of households
  • the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 65,830 ±622
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
2.6 ±0.2 (16,519  ±645) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 2.3 154,153 (±0 / ±59)
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481

2.3% ±2.5% (79  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 3.8% † 1,328 (±0.8% / ±285)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)

Housing

6,618 ±382 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 69,969 ±90
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653

$422,900 ±$21,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: $378,600 ±$6,005
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069

14.1% ±5.6% (2,337  ±928.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 15.3% 24,152 (±1.3% / ±1,962.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)

Social

96.4% ±6.5% (11,112  ±935.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 92.9% 104,549 (±2.1% / ±2,392.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
34% ±3.9% (3,921  ±490.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 32.3% 36,375 (±1.3% / ±1,455.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)

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

2.2% ±1.3% (361  ±217) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 4.1% 6,426
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653

9.7% ±2.9% (1,199  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area: 9.5% 12,019 (±0.6% / ±787)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
1,199 Total veterans ±362 1,161 Male ±349 38 Female ±34

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