Estes Park vs Wellington

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

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

Wellington has the higher population (11,538 vs 5,879 in Estes Park). Wellington has the higher median household income ($103,888 vs $73,313 in Estes Park). Estes Park has the higher median home value ($634,200 vs $442,500 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Estes Park	Wellington
Population	5,879	11,538
Median age	60.7 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,313	$103,888
Median home value	$634,200	$442,500
Median gross rent	$1,431	$2,320
Housing units	4,203	4,059
Homeownership rate	69.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estes Park	Wellington
Population	6,377 → 5,879 (-7.8%)	9,272 → 11,538 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $73,313 (+33.3%)	$91,566 → $103,888 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$413,100 → $634,200 (+53.5%)	$323,500 → $442,500 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,431 (+71.4%)	$1,477 → $2,320 (+57.1%)

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

Wellington

Population

9,27211,538

Median household income

$91,566$103,888

Median home value

$323,500$442,500

Median gross rent

$1,477$2,320

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estes Park	Wellington
Under 5	1.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	9.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	21.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	6.7%
65 to 74	28.0%	6.6%
75 and over	12.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estes Park	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estes Park	Wellington
No high school diploma	2.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	13.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estes Park	Wellington
Drove alone	76.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	16.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estes Park	Wellington
1-unit, detached	65.8%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Estes Park	Wellington
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.5%
Average household size	1.90	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1991	2010