Green Mountain Falls vs Palmer Lake

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

Green Mountain Falls 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 717 in Green Mountain Falls). Palmer Lake has the higher median household income ($122,855 vs $96,346 in Green Mountain Falls). Palmer Lake has the higher median home value ($454,000 vs $369,000 in Green Mountain Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Green Mountain Falls	Palmer Lake
Population	717	2,635
Median age	46.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,346	$122,855
Median home value	$369,000	$454,000
Median gross rent	$1,618	$1,913
Housing units	525	1,122
Homeownership rate	80.4%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Mountain Falls	Palmer Lake
Population	563 → 717 (+27.4%)	2,887 → 2,635 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$51,406 → $96,346 (+87.4%)	$77,216 → $122,855 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$277,300 → $369,000 (+33.1%)	$289,800 → $454,000 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,618 (+77.6%)	$977 → $1,913 (+95.8%)

Green Mountain Falls

Population

563717

Median household income

$51,406$96,346

Median home value

$277,300$369,000

Median gross rent

$911$1,618

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)

	Green Mountain Falls	Palmer Lake
Under 5	2.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	7.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	22.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	26.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	24.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.2%
75 and over	3.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Mountain Falls	Palmer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Mountain Falls	Palmer Lake
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.4%
High school graduate	10.7%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Mountain Falls	Palmer Lake
Drove alone	69.4%	76.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	21.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Mountain Falls	Palmer Lake
1-unit, detached	95.0%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Green Mountain Falls	Palmer Lake
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1952	1988