Battlement Mesa vs Parachute

A side-by-side comparison of Battlement Mesa and Parachute: population, income, housing, and more.

Battlement Mesa and Parachute are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Battlement Mesa has the higher population (5,402 vs 1,513 in Parachute). Battlement Mesa has the higher median household income ($69,432 vs $58,910 in Parachute). Parachute has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $231,500 in Battlement Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Battlement Mesa	Parachute
Population	5,402	1,513
Median age	36.0 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,432	$58,910
Median home value	$231,500	$269,500
Median gross rent	$972	$1,050
Housing units	2,372	561
Homeownership rate	70.9%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	15.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlement Mesa	Parachute
Population	5,116 → 5,402 (+5.6%)	1,312 → 1,513 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$68,188 → $69,432 (+1.8%)	$52,500 → $58,910 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $231,500 (+26.0%)	$171,100 → $269,500 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $972 (+28.1%)	$900 → $1,050 (+16.7%)

Battlement Mesa

Population

5,1165,402

Median household income

$68,188$69,432

Median home value

$183,800$231,500

Median gross rent

$759$972

Parachute

Population

1,3121,513

Median household income

$52,500$58,910

Median home value

$171,100$269,500

Median gross rent

$900$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Parachute
Under 5	6.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	23.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	7.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.5%
75 and over	8.9%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Parachute
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.3%
Asian	1.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlement Mesa	Parachute
No high school diploma	13.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	27.2%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Parachute
Drove alone	81.7%	63.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	19.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	12.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Parachute
1-unit, detached	42.7%	35.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	18.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Battlement Mesa	Parachute
Poverty rate	10.4%	18.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	41	34
Median year structure built	1993	1989