Grand Lake vs Winter Park

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

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

Winter Park has the higher population (750 vs 316 in Grand Lake). Grand Lake has the higher median household income ($100,625 vs $62,917 in Winter Park). Winter Park has the higher median home value ($548,300 vs $358,300 in Grand Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Lake	Winter Park
Population	316	750
Median age	60.2 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,625	$62,917
Median home value	$358,300	$548,300
Median gross rent	$810	$1,654
Housing units	869	2,850
Homeownership rate	75.8%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	63.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Lake	Winter Park
Population	282 → 316 (+12.1%)	659 → 750 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$69,167 → $100,625 (+45.5%)	$75,375 → $62,917 (-16.5%)
Median home value	$293,600 → $358,300 (+22.0%)	$435,700 → $548,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $810 (+7.1%)	$1,039 → $1,654 (+59.2%)

Grand Lake

Population

282316

Median household income

$69,167$100,625

Median home value

$293,600$358,300

Median gross rent

$756$810

Winter Park

Population

659750

Median household income

$75,375$62,917

Median home value

$435,700$548,300

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Lake	Winter Park
Under 5	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	6.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	35.4%	19.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	21.5%
75 and over	14.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Lake	Winter Park
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Lake	Winter Park
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Lake	Winter Park
Drove alone	50.5%	61.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	8.9%
Walked	9.4%	9.7%
Bicycle	24.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	12.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Lake	Winter Park
1-unit, detached	67.0%	17.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	18.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	31.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	30.5%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Lake	Winter Park
Poverty rate	13.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.58	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1978	1991