Battlement Mesa vs Rifle

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

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

Rifle has the higher population (10,466 vs 5,402 in Battlement Mesa). Rifle has the higher median household income ($80,629 vs $69,432 in Battlement Mesa). Rifle has the higher median home value ($377,900 vs $231,500 in Battlement Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Battlement Mesa	Rifle
Population	5,402	10,466
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,432	$80,629
Median home value	$231,500	$377,900
Median gross rent	$972	$1,231
Housing units	2,372	3,892
Homeownership rate	70.9%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlement Mesa	Rifle
Population	5,116 → 5,402 (+5.6%)	9,650 → 10,466 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$68,188 → $69,432 (+1.8%)	$66,319 → $80,629 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $231,500 (+26.0%)	$246,300 → $377,900 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $972 (+28.1%)	$984 → $1,231 (+25.1%)

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

Rifle

Population

9,65010,466

Median household income

$66,319$80,629

Median home value

$246,300$377,900

Median gross rent

$984$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Rifle
Under 5	6.3%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	12.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	5.5%
75 and over	8.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Rifle
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	54.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	2.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlement Mesa	Rifle
No high school diploma	13.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Rifle
Drove alone	81.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	16.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Rifle
1-unit, detached	42.7%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	10.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Battlement Mesa	Rifle
Poverty rate	10.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1993	1987