Manitou Springs vs Palmer Lake

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

Manitou Springs and Palmer Lake 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 2,635 in Palmer Lake). Palmer Lake has the higher median household income ($122,855 vs $76,550 in Manitou Springs). Manitou Springs has the higher median home value ($545,800 vs $454,000 in Palmer Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Manitou Springs	Palmer Lake
Population	4,796	2,635
Median age	44.9 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,550	$122,855
Median home value	$545,800	$454,000
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,913
Housing units	2,603	1,122
Homeownership rate	56.8%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manitou Springs	Palmer Lake
Population	5,283 → 4,796 (-9.2%)	2,887 → 2,635 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$62,270 → $76,550 (+22.9%)	$77,216 → $122,855 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$365,300 → $545,800 (+49.4%)	$289,800 → $454,000 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,175 (+24.6%)	$977 → $1,913 (+95.8%)

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

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)

	Manitou Springs	Palmer Lake
Under 5	1.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	10.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	16.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	24.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	14.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manitou Springs	Palmer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manitou Springs	Palmer Lake
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	16.7%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manitou Springs	Palmer Lake
Drove alone	62.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	21.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manitou Springs	Palmer Lake
1-unit, detached	67.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Manitou Springs	Palmer Lake
Poverty rate	9.8%	3.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1951	1988