Idledale vs Mountain View

A side-by-side comparison of Idledale and Mountain View: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain View has the higher population (500 vs 306 in Idledale). Mountain View has the higher median home value ($554,200 vs $450,000 in Idledale). Since 2019, Idledale's population has grown faster (+82.1% vs -17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Idledale	Mountain View
Population	306	500
Median age	35.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$108,269
Median home value	$450,000	$554,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,476
Housing units	176	228
Homeownership rate	80.4%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idledale	Mountain View
Population	168 → 306 (+82.1%)	603 → 500 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$120,352 → $122,841 (+2.1%)	$63,250 → $108,269 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$334,400 → $450,000 (+34.6%)	$350,700 → $554,200 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,147 → $1,476 (+28.7%)

Idledale

Population

168306

Median household income

$120,352$122,841

Median home value

$334,400$450,000

Mountain View

Population

603500

Median household income

$63,250$108,269

Median home value

$350,700$554,200

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,476

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Idledale	Mountain View
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	32.0%	21.0%
35 to 44	19.0%	21.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.2%
75 and over	3.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idledale	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	29.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idledale	Mountain View
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	8.0%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	32.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idledale	Mountain View
Drove alone	74.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	25.2%	21.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idledale	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Idledale	Mountain View
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1952	1938