Calhan vs Palmer Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Calhan and Palmer Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmer Lake has the higher population (2,635 vs 510 in Calhan). Palmer Lake has the higher median household income ($122,855 vs $50,000 in Calhan). Palmer Lake has the higher median home value ($454,000 vs $265,000 in Calhan).

Population, income & housing

	Calhan	Palmer Lake
Population	510	2,635
Median age	40.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$122,855
Median home value	$265,000	$454,000
Median gross rent	$935	$1,913
Housing units	265	1,122
Homeownership rate	64.9%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhan	Palmer Lake
Population	704 → 510 (-27.6%)	2,887 → 2,635 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $50,000 (-6.5%)	$77,216 → $122,855 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $265,000 (+58.3%)	$289,800 → $454,000 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $935 (+2.2%)	$977 → $1,913 (+95.8%)

Calhan

Population

704510

Median household income

$53,500$50,000

Median home value

$167,400$265,000

Median gross rent

$915$935

Palmer Lake

Population

2,8872,635

Median household income

$77,216$122,855

Median home value

$289,800$454,000

Median gross rent

$977$1,913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhan	Palmer Lake
Under 5	4.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	24.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.2%
75 and over	11.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhan	Palmer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhan	Palmer Lake
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	35.5%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhan	Palmer Lake
Drove alone	81.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhan	Palmer Lake
1-unit, detached	69.8%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Calhan	Palmer Lake
Poverty rate	9.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1977	1988