Dotsero vs Vail

A side-by-side comparison of Dotsero and Vail: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vail has the higher population (4,729 vs 1,321 in Dotsero). Vail has the higher median household income ($103,705 vs $93,000 in Dotsero). Vail has the higher median home value ($1,040,100 vs $471,600 in Dotsero).

Population, income & housing

	Dotsero	Vail
Population	1,321	4,729
Median age	26.8 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,000	$103,705
Median home value	$471,600	$1,040,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,610
Housing units	417	7,099
Homeownership rate	83.9%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dotsero	Vail
Population	899 → 1,321 (+46.9%)	5,479 → 4,729 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$95,274 → $93,000 (-2.4%)	$80,987 → $103,705 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$265,200 → $471,600 (+77.8%)	$773,700 → $1,040,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,597 → $1,610 (+0.8%)

Dotsero

Population

8991,321

Median household income

$95,274$93,000

Median home value

$265,200$471,600

Vail

Population

5,4794,729

Median household income

$80,987$103,705

Median home value

$773,700$1,040,100

Median gross rent

$1,597$1,610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dotsero	Vail
Under 5	6.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	26.3%	4.4%
18 to 24	15.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	21.8%	18.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	0.5%	19.8%
65 to 74	2.6%	12.2%
75 and over	0.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dotsero	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	19.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	77.7%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dotsero	Vail
No high school diploma	22.0%	0.7%
High school graduate	10.3%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dotsero	Vail
Drove alone	73.0%	62.4%
Carpooled	15.2%	4.1%
Public transit	3.8%	8.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	8.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dotsero	Vail
1-unit, detached	74.6%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	34.2%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Dotsero	Vail
Poverty rate	1.7%	6.6%
Average household size	3.48	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	2005	1985