Estes Park vs Red Feather Lakes

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

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

Estes Park has the higher population (5,879 vs 347 in Red Feather Lakes). Red Feather Lakes has the higher median household income ($133,444 vs $73,313 in Estes Park). Estes Park has the higher median home value ($634,200 vs $359,600 in Red Feather Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Estes Park	Red Feather Lakes
Population	5,879	347
Median age	60.7 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,313	$133,444
Median home value	$634,200	$359,600
Median gross rent	$1,431	—
Housing units	4,203	943
Homeownership rate	69.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estes Park	Red Feather Lakes
Population	6,377 → 5,879 (-7.8%)	385 → 347 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $73,313 (+33.3%)	$56,591 → $133,444 (+135.8%)
Median home value	$413,100 → $634,200 (+53.5%)	$211,400 → $359,600 (+70.1%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,431 (+71.4%)	—

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

Red Feather Lakes

Population

385347

Median household income

$56,591$133,444

Median home value

$211,400$359,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estes Park	Red Feather Lakes
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	2.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	17.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	20.2%
65 to 74	28.0%	49.6%
75 and over	12.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estes Park	Red Feather Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estes Park	Red Feather Lakes
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estes Park	Red Feather Lakes
Drove alone	76.7%	90.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estes Park	Red Feather Lakes
1-unit, detached	65.8%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Estes Park	Red Feather Lakes
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.8%
Average household size	1.90	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1991	1965