Empire vs Floyd Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Empire and Floyd Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Floyd Hill has the higher population (850 vs 549 in Empire). Floyd Hill has the higher median household income ($186,420 vs $63,092 in Empire). Floyd Hill has the higher median home value ($671,000 vs $297,600 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Floyd Hill
Population	549	850
Median age	44.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,092	$186,420
Median home value	$297,600	$671,000
Median gross rent	$1,566	$1,157
Housing units	327	418
Homeownership rate	59.0%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Floyd Hill
Population	303 → 549 (+81.2%)	1,102 → 850 (-22.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $63,092 (+36.4%)	$112,269 → $186,420 (+66.0%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $297,600 (+33.2%)	$524,700 → $671,000 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $1,566 (+134.8%)	$1,072 → $1,157 (+7.9%)

Empire

Population

303549

Median household income

$46,250$63,092

Median home value

$223,400$297,600

Median gross rent

$667$1,566

Floyd Hill

Population

1,102850

Median household income

$112,269$186,420

Median home value

$524,700$671,000

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Floyd Hill
Under 5	0.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	22.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	26.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	22.4%
65 to 74	14.8%	6.7%
75 and over	2.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Floyd Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	0.4%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Floyd Hill
No high school diploma	18.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	28.7%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Floyd Hill
Drove alone	64.3%	66.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	14.3%
Public transit	6.9%	1.4%
Walked	20.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Floyd Hill
1-unit, detached	55.4%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Floyd Hill
Poverty rate	12.9%	3.8%
Average household size	1.80	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1972	1984