Fraser vs Grand Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Fraser and Grand Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Fraser and Grand Lake are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fraser has the higher population (1,189 vs 316 in Grand Lake). Grand Lake has the higher median household income ($100,625 vs $81,786 in Fraser). Fraser has the higher median home value ($593,800 vs $358,300 in Grand Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fraser	Grand Lake
Population	1,189	316
Median age	37.1 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,786	$100,625
Median home value	$593,800	$358,300
Median gross rent	$1,658	$810
Housing units	1,290	869
Homeownership rate	55.1%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fraser	Grand Lake
Population	1,532 → 1,189 (-22.4%)	282 → 316 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$56,083 → $81,786 (+45.8%)	$69,167 → $100,625 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$287,000 → $593,800 (+106.9%)	$293,600 → $358,300 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,658 (+48.7%)	$756 → $810 (+7.1%)

Fraser

Population

1,5321,189

Median household income

$56,083$81,786

Median home value

$287,000$593,800

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,658

Grand Lake

Population

282316

Median household income

$69,167$100,625

Median home value

$293,600$358,300

Median gross rent

$756$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fraser	Grand Lake
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	3.5%
45 to 54	19.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	35.4%
65 to 74	4.5%	15.5%
75 and over	0.8%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fraser	Grand Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fraser	Grand Lake
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	15.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fraser	Grand Lake
Drove alone	70.5%	50.5%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	9.4%
Bicycle	1.6%	24.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	12.0%
Other means	8.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fraser	Grand Lake
1-unit, detached	31.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	14.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Fraser	Grand Lake
Poverty rate	15.0%	13.0%
Average household size	2.37	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1995	1978