Ellicott vs Manitou Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Ellicott and Manitou Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manitou Springs has the higher population (4,796 vs 1,337 in Ellicott). Manitou Springs has the higher median household income ($76,550 vs $55,822 in Ellicott). Since 2019, Ellicott's population has grown faster (+40.0% vs -9.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Ellicott	Manitou Springs
Population	1,337	4,796
Median age	35.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,822	$76,550
Median home value	—	$545,800
Median gross rent	$597	$1,175
Housing units	403	2,603
Homeownership rate	72.0%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	53.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellicott	Manitou Springs
Population	955 → 1,337 (+40.0%)	5,283 → 4,796 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$47,336 → $55,822 (+17.9%)	$62,270 → $76,550 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $9,999 (-93.7%)	$365,300 → $545,800 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $597 (-22.6%)	$943 → $1,175 (+24.6%)

Ellicott

Population

9551,337

Median household income

$47,336$55,822

Median home value

$159,900$9,999

Median gross rent

$771$597

Manitou Springs

Population

5,2834,796

Median household income

$62,270$76,550

Median home value

$365,300$545,800

Median gross rent

$943$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellicott	Manitou Springs
Under 5	10.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	26.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.7%	16.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	12.1%
75 and over	1.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellicott	Manitou Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	55.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellicott	Manitou Springs
No high school diploma	28.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellicott	Manitou Springs
Drove alone	65.0%	62.6%
Carpooled	25.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.8%	26.5%
Other means	5.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellicott	Manitou Springs
1-unit, detached	28.3%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	70.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Ellicott	Manitou Springs
Poverty rate	39.0%	9.8%
Average household size	3.32	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1978	1951