Empire vs Upper Witter Gulch

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

Empire 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 549 in Empire). Upper Witter Gulch has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $63,092 in Empire). Upper Witter Gulch has the higher median home value ($834,200 vs $297,600 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Upper Witter Gulch
Population	549	588
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,092	$250,001
Median home value	$297,600	$834,200
Median gross rent	$1,566	—
Housing units	327	288
Homeownership rate	59.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	90.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Upper Witter Gulch
Population	303 → 549 (+81.2%)	725 → 588 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $63,092 (+36.4%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $297,600 (+33.2%)	$649,200 → $834,200 (+28.5%)
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

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)

	Empire	Upper Witter Gulch
Under 5	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	22.4%	24.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.5%
75 and over	2.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Upper Witter Gulch
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.5%
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%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Upper Witter Gulch
No high school diploma	18.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	45.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Upper Witter Gulch
Drove alone	64.3%	59.6%
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%	40.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Upper Witter Gulch
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	Upper Witter Gulch
Poverty rate	12.9%	4.1%
Average household size	1.80	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1972	1988