Matheson vs Ponderosa Park

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

Matheson 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 20 in Matheson). Ponderosa Park has the higher median household income ($133,425 vs $117,188 in Matheson). Ponderosa Park has the higher median home value ($670,400 vs $370,000 in Matheson).

Population, income & housing

	Matheson	Ponderosa Park
Population	20	3,556
Median age	72.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$117,188	$133,425
Median home value	$370,000	$670,400
Housing units	20	1,265
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	57.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matheson	Ponderosa Park
Population	21 → 20 (-4.8%)	3,636 → 3,556 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $117,188 (+116.0%)	$106,959 → $133,425 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$418,800 → $370,000 (-11.7%)	$453,600 → $670,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,402 → $2,147 (-10.6%)

Matheson

Population

2120

Median household income

$54,250$117,188

Median home value

$418,800$370,000

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)

	Matheson	Ponderosa Park
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	45.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	25.0%	16.5%
75 and over	30.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matheson	Ponderosa Park
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matheson	Ponderosa Park
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	25.0%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matheson	Ponderosa Park
Drove alone	100.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matheson	Ponderosa Park
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Matheson	Ponderosa Park
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.6%
Average household size	1.18	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	—	50
Median year structure built	1938	1992