Downieville-Lawson-Dumont vs Upper Witter Gulch

A side-by-side comparison of Downieville-Lawson-Dumont and Upper Witter Gulch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upper Witter Gulch has the higher population (588 vs 478 in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont). Upper Witter Gulch has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $68,214 in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont). Upper Witter Gulch has the higher median home value ($834,200 vs $366,000 in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont).

Population, income & housing

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Witter Gulch
Population	478	588
Median age	55.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$250,001
Median home value	$366,000	$834,200
Housing units	216	288
Homeownership rate	93.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	90.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Witter Gulch
Population	543 → 478 (-12.0%)	725 → 588 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$46,010 → $68,214 (+48.3%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$240,500 → $366,000 (+52.2%)	$649,200 → $834,200 (+28.5%)

Downieville-Lawson-Dumont

Population

543478

Median household income

$46,010$68,214

Median home value

$240,500$366,000

Upper Witter Gulch

Population

725588

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$649,200$834,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Witter Gulch
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	24.7%
45 to 54	27.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	24.9%	16.5%
75 and over	11.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Witter Gulch
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
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	33.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Witter Gulch
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	45.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Witter Gulch
Drove alone	81.1%	59.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	40.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Witter Gulch
1-unit, detached	71.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
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	21.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Upper Witter Gulch
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1976	1988