Elbert vs Ponderosa Park

A side-by-side comparison of Elbert and Ponderosa Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Elbert and Ponderosa Park are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ponderosa Park has the higher population (3,556 vs 150 in Elbert). Ponderosa Park has the higher median household income ($133,425 vs $56,500 in Elbert). Ponderosa Park has the higher median home value ($670,400 vs $263,200 in Elbert).

Population, income & housing

	Elbert	Ponderosa Park
Population	150	3,556
Median age	37.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,500	$133,425
Median home value	$263,200	$670,400
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	86	1,265
Homeownership rate	84.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elbert	Ponderosa Park
Population	202 → 150 (-25.7%)	3,636 → 3,556 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $56,500 (+38.4%)	$106,959 → $133,425 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $263,200 (+58.9%)	$453,600 → $670,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $1,188 (+210.2%)	$2,402 → $2,147 (-10.6%)

Elbert

Population

202150

Median household income

$40,833$56,500

Median home value

$165,600$263,200

Median gross rent

$383$1,188

Ponderosa Park

Population

3,6363,556

Median household income

$106,959$133,425

Median home value

$453,600$670,400

Median gross rent

$2,402$2,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elbert	Ponderosa Park
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	17.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	24.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	16.5%
75 and over	8.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elbert	Ponderosa Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	8.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elbert	Ponderosa Park
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elbert	Ponderosa Park
Drove alone	90.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elbert	Ponderosa Park
1-unit, detached	84.9%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elbert	Ponderosa Park
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	40	50
Median year structure built	1938	1992