Cascade-Chipita Park vs Palmer Lake

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

Cascade-Chipita Park 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 1,158 in Cascade-Chipita Park). Palmer Lake has the higher median household income ($122,855 vs $115,357 in Cascade-Chipita Park). Cascade-Chipita Park has the higher median home value ($550,700 vs $454,000 in Palmer Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade-Chipita Park	Palmer Lake
Population	1,158	2,635
Median age	56.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$115,357	$122,855
Median home value	$550,700	$454,000
Median gross rent	$1,594	$1,913
Housing units	733	1,122
Homeownership rate	91.2%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade-Chipita Park	Palmer Lake
Population	1,233 → 1,158 (-6.1%)	2,887 → 2,635 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$47,569 → $115,357 (+142.5%)	$77,216 → $122,855 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$317,900 → $550,700 (+73.2%)	$289,800 → $454,000 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,594 (+51.1%)	$977 → $1,913 (+95.8%)

Cascade-Chipita Park

Population

1,2331,158

Median household income

$47,569$115,357

Median home value

$317,900$550,700

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,594

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)

	Cascade-Chipita Park	Palmer Lake
Under 5	2.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	4.4%	10.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	20.3%	24.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	14.2%
75 and over	15.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade-Chipita Park	Palmer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.8%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade-Chipita Park	Palmer Lake
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	16.0%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.2%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade-Chipita Park	Palmer Lake
Drove alone	61.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.0%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade-Chipita Park	Palmer Lake
1-unit, detached	93.0%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Cascade-Chipita Park	Palmer Lake
Poverty rate	7.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	42	27
Median year structure built	1964	1988