Ponderosa Park vs Simla

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

Ponderosa Park and Simla 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 576 in Simla). Ponderosa Park has the higher median home value ($670,400 vs $210,300 in Simla). Since 2019, Ponderosa Park's population has grown faster (-2.2% vs -17.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ponderosa Park	Simla
Population	3,556	576
Median age	44.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,425	—
Median home value	$670,400	$210,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,141
Housing units	1,265	273
Homeownership rate	98.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponderosa Park	Simla
Population	3,636 → 3,556 (-2.2%)	698 → 576 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$106,959 → $133,425 (+24.7%)	$45,227 → $41,625 (-8.0%)
Median home value	$453,600 → $670,400 (+47.8%)	$145,800 → $210,300 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,402 → $2,147 (-10.6%)	$748 → $1,141 (+52.5%)

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

Simla

Population

698576

Median household income

$45,227$41,625

Median home value

$145,800$210,300

Median gross rent

$748$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ponderosa Park	Simla
Under 5	3.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	23.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	25.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	5.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.5%	6.1%
75 and over	4.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponderosa Park	Simla
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponderosa Park	Simla
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.2%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponderosa Park	Simla
Drove alone	72.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.4%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponderosa Park	Simla
1-unit, detached	99.5%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Ponderosa Park	Simla
Poverty rate	6.6%	28.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	50	23
Median year structure built	1992	1943