Elizabeth vs Ponderosa Park

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

Elizabeth 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 1,694 in Elizabeth). Ponderosa Park has the higher median household income ($133,425 vs $110,227 in Elizabeth). Ponderosa Park has the higher median home value ($670,400 vs $444,000 in Elizabeth).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	Ponderosa Park
Population	1,694	3,556
Median age	32.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,227	$133,425
Median home value	$444,000	$670,400
Median gross rent	$1,526	—
Housing units	610	1,265
Homeownership rate	88.4%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	Ponderosa Park
Population	1,125 → 1,694 (+50.6%)	3,636 → 3,556 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$65,489 → $110,227 (+68.3%)	$106,959 → $133,425 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$258,500 → $444,000 (+71.8%)	$453,600 → $670,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,526 (+42.5%)	$2,402 → $2,147 (-10.6%)

Elizabeth

Population

1,1251,694

Median household income

$65,489$110,227

Median home value

$258,500$444,000

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,526

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)

	Elizabeth	Ponderosa Park
Under 5	7.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	22.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	16.5%
75 and over	2.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	Ponderosa Park
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	Ponderosa Park
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	26.0%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	Ponderosa Park
Drove alone	73.7%	72.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	Ponderosa Park
1-unit, detached	93.8%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	Ponderosa Park
Poverty rate	3.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	41	50
Median year structure built	1994	1992