Empire vs Pine Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Empire and Pine Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Empire and Pine Valley 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 391 in Pine Valley). Pine Valley has the higher median household income ($126,726 vs $63,092 in Empire). Pine Valley has the higher median home value ($766,900 vs $297,600 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Pine Valley
Population	549	391
Median age	44.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,092	$126,726
Median home value	$297,600	$766,900
Median gross rent	$1,566	—
Housing units	327	135
Homeownership rate	59.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	100.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Pine Valley
Population	303 → 549 (+81.2%)	343 → 391 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $63,092 (+36.4%)	$103,913 → $126,726 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $297,600 (+33.2%)	$758,600 → $766,900 (+1.1%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $1,566 (+134.8%)	—

Empire

Population

303549

Median household income

$46,250$63,092

Median home value

$223,400$297,600

Median gross rent

$667$1,566

Pine Valley

Population

343391

Median household income

$103,913$126,726

Median home value

$758,600$766,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Pine Valley
Under 5	0.4%	13.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	12.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	3.6%
35 to 44	22.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	2.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	23.8%
75 and over	2.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Pine Valley
No high school diploma	18.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	56.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	43.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Pine Valley
Drove alone	64.3%	68.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	6.9%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	31.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Pine Valley
1-unit, detached	55.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	0.0%
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	Pine Valley
Poverty rate	12.9%	0.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1972	1979