Ellicott vs Palmer Lake

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

Ellicott 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 1,337 in Ellicott). Palmer Lake has the higher median household income ($122,855 vs $55,822 in Ellicott). Since 2019, Ellicott's population has grown faster (+40.0% vs -8.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ellicott	Palmer Lake
Population	1,337	2,635
Median age	35.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,822	$122,855
Median home value	—	$454,000
Median gross rent	$597	$1,913
Housing units	403	1,122
Homeownership rate	72.0%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellicott	Palmer Lake
Population	955 → 1,337 (+40.0%)	2,887 → 2,635 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$47,336 → $55,822 (+17.9%)	$77,216 → $122,855 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $9,999 (-93.7%)	$289,800 → $454,000 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $597 (-22.6%)	$977 → $1,913 (+95.8%)

Ellicott

Population

9551,337

Median household income

$47,336$55,822

Median home value

$159,900$9,999

Median gross rent

$771$597

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)

	Ellicott	Palmer Lake
Under 5	10.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	26.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	24.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	14.2%
75 and over	1.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellicott	Palmer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	55.9%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellicott	Palmer Lake
No high school diploma	28.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellicott	Palmer Lake
Drove alone	65.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	25.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	21.3%
Other means	5.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellicott	Palmer Lake
1-unit, detached	28.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Ellicott	Palmer Lake
Poverty rate	39.0%	3.4%
Average household size	3.32	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1978	1988