Gardner vs Walsenburg

A side-by-side comparison of Gardner and Walsenburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walsenburg has the higher population (3,079 vs 59 in Gardner). Since 2019, Walsenburg's population has grown faster (+4.0% vs -28.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Walsenburg
Population	59	3,079
Median age	—	44.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,799
Median home value	—	$148,600
Median gross rent	—	$723
Housing units	114	1,455
Homeownership rate	100.0%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	—	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Walsenburg
Population	82 → 59 (-28.0%)	2,962 → 3,079 (+4.0%)
Median household income	—	$29,514 → $40,799 (+38.2%)
Median home value	—	$90,400 → $148,600 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$602 → $723 (+20.1%)

Gardner

Population

8259

Walsenburg

Population

2,9623,079

Median household income

$29,514$40,799

Median home value

$90,400$148,600

Median gross rent

$602$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Walsenburg
Under 5	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	100.0%	13.4%
75 and over	0.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Walsenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	49.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	43.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Walsenburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.5%
High school graduate	0.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Walsenburg
Drove alone	—	72.6%
Carpooled	—	2.6%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.6%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	23.3%
Other means	—	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Walsenburg
1-unit, detached	71.9%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Walsenburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	25.0%
Average household size	—	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1963	1941