Blue Valley vs Downieville-Lawson-Dumont

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Valley and Downieville-Lawson-Dumont: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Valley and Downieville-Lawson-Dumont are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Downieville-Lawson-Dumont has the higher population (478 vs 169 in Blue Valley). Blue Valley has the higher median household income ($78,387 vs $68,214 in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont). Since 2019, Downieville-Lawson-Dumont's population has grown faster (-12.0% vs -35.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Valley	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
Population	169	478
Median age	63.9 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,387	$68,214
Median home value	—	$366,000
Housing units	95	216
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Valley	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
Population	263 → 169 (-35.7%)	543 → 478 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$106,765 → $78,387 (-26.6%)	$46,010 → $68,214 (+48.3%)
Median home value	—	$240,500 → $366,000 (+52.2%)

Blue Valley

Population

263169

Median household income

$106,765$78,387

Downieville-Lawson-Dumont

Population

543478

Median household income

$46,010$68,214

Median home value

$240,500$366,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Valley	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	10.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	6.5%	27.6%
55 to 64	26.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	47.9%	24.9%
75 and over	0.0%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Valley	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	63.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	33.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Valley	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	0.0%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Valley	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
Drove alone	72.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	27.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Valley	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Valley	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.6%
Average household size	1.88	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1992	1976