Grand Lake vs Hot Sulphur Springs

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

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

Hot Sulphur Springs has the higher population (977 vs 316 in Grand Lake). Grand Lake has the higher median household income ($100,625 vs $90,221 in Hot Sulphur Springs). Hot Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($376,600 vs $358,300 in Grand Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Lake	Hot Sulphur Springs
Population	316	977
Median age	60.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,625	$90,221
Median home value	$358,300	$376,600
Median gross rent	$810	$1,183
Housing units	869	370
Homeownership rate	75.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Lake	Hot Sulphur Springs
Population	282 → 316 (+12.1%)	859 → 977 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$69,167 → $100,625 (+45.5%)	$52,639 → $90,221 (+71.4%)
Median home value	$293,600 → $358,300 (+22.0%)	$222,500 → $376,600 (+69.3%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $810 (+7.1%)	$1,036 → $1,183 (+14.2%)

Grand Lake

Population

282316

Median household income

$69,167$100,625

Median home value

$293,600$358,300

Median gross rent

$756$810

Hot Sulphur Springs

Population

859977

Median household income

$52,639$90,221

Median home value

$222,500$376,600

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Lake	Hot Sulphur Springs
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	3.5%	17.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	35.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	11.9%
75 and over	14.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Lake	Hot Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.1%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Lake	Hot Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	5.7%	2.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Lake	Hot Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	50.5%	68.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	24.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Lake	Hot Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	67.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Grand Lake	Hot Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	13.0%	4.8%
Average household size	1.58	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1978	1977