Glenwood Springs vs Rifle

A side-by-side comparison of Glenwood Springs and Rifle: population, income, housing, and more.

Glenwood Springs 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 10,171 in Glenwood Springs). Glenwood Springs has the higher median household income ($87,000 vs $80,629 in Rifle). Glenwood Springs has the higher median home value ($592,000 vs $377,900 in Rifle).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood Springs	Rifle
Population	10,171	10,466
Median age	35.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	$80,629
Median home value	$592,000	$377,900
Median gross rent	$1,717	$1,231
Housing units	4,215	3,892
Homeownership rate	52.5%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood Springs	Rifle
Population	9,915 → 10,171 (+2.6%)	9,650 → 10,466 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$66,693 → $87,000 (+30.4%)	$66,319 → $80,629 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$409,500 → $592,000 (+44.6%)	$246,300 → $377,900 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,717 (+42.4%)	$984 → $1,231 (+25.1%)

Glenwood Springs

Population

9,91510,171

Median household income

$66,693$87,000

Median home value

$409,500$592,000

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,717

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)

	Glenwood Springs	Rifle
Under 5	4.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	5.5%
75 and over	4.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood Springs	Rifle
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	54.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood Springs	Rifle
No high school diploma	13.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	20.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood Springs	Rifle
Drove alone	67.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	16.2%
Public transit	2.2%	0.3%
Walked	5.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood Springs	Rifle
1-unit, detached	45.6%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	10.3%
20 or more units	11.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood Springs	Rifle
Poverty rate	8.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1983	1987