Estes Park vs Loveland

A side-by-side comparison of Estes Park and Loveland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loveland has the higher population (77,350 vs 5,879 in Estes Park). Loveland has the higher median household income ($82,592 vs $73,313 in Estes Park). Estes Park has the higher median home value ($634,200 vs $453,100 in Loveland).

Population, income & housing

	Estes Park	Loveland
Population	5,879	77,350
Median age	60.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,313	$82,592
Median home value	$634,200	$453,100
Median gross rent	$1,431	$1,683
Housing units	4,203	35,330
Homeownership rate	69.2%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estes Park	Loveland
Population	6,377 → 5,879 (-7.8%)	76,972 → 77,350 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $73,313 (+33.3%)	$68,592 → $82,592 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$413,100 → $634,200 (+53.5%)	$313,900 → $453,100 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,431 (+71.4%)	$1,267 → $1,683 (+32.8%)

Estes Park

Population

6,3775,879

Median household income

$55,000$73,313

Median home value

$413,100$634,200

Median gross rent

$835$1,431

Loveland

Population

76,97277,350

Median household income

$68,592$82,592

Median home value

$313,900$453,100

Median gross rent

$1,267$1,683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estes Park	Loveland
Under 5	1.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	28.0%	11.9%
75 and over	12.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estes Park	Loveland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estes Park	Loveland
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	13.6%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estes Park	Loveland
Drove alone	76.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	14.6%	15.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estes Park	Loveland
1-unit, detached	65.8%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	10.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Estes Park	Loveland
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.7%
Average household size	1.90	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1991	1993