Echo Hills vs Empire

A side-by-side comparison of Echo Hills and Empire: population, income, housing, and more.

Echo Hills and Empire are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Empire has the higher population (549 vs 368 in Echo Hills). Echo Hills has the higher median household income ($220,306 vs $63,092 in Empire). Echo Hills has the higher median home value ($765,200 vs $297,600 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Echo Hills	Empire
Population	368	549
Median age	31.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$220,306	$63,092
Median home value	$765,200	$297,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,566
Housing units	160	327
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echo Hills	Empire
Population	414 → 368 (-11.1%)	303 → 549 (+81.2%)
Median household income	$137,132 → $220,306 (+60.7%)	$46,250 → $63,092 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$490,000 → $765,200 (+56.2%)	$223,400 → $297,600 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $1,566 (+134.8%)

Echo Hills

Population

414368

Median household income

$137,132$220,306

Median home value

$490,000$765,200

Empire

Population

303549

Median household income

$46,250$63,092

Median home value

$223,400$297,600

Median gross rent

$667$1,566

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Echo Hills	Empire
Under 5	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	30.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	26.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	22.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.8%
75 and over	0.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echo Hills	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echo Hills	Empire
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.2%
High school graduate	0.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	53.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	46.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echo Hills	Empire
Drove alone	33.8%	64.3%
Carpooled	22.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	6.9%
Walked	0.0%	20.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.1%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Echo Hills	Empire
1-unit, detached	100.0%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Echo Hills	Empire
Poverty rate	2.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.30	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	49	21
Median year structure built	1988	1972