Collbran vs Fruitvale

A side-by-side comparison of Collbran and Fruitvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fruitvale has the higher population (7,998 vs 444 in Collbran). Fruitvale has the higher median household income ($76,339 vs $49,375 in Collbran). Fruitvale has the higher median home value ($299,900 vs $209,100 in Collbran).

Population, income & housing

	Collbran	Fruitvale
Population	444	7,998
Median age	28.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$76,339
Median home value	$209,100	$299,900
Median gross rent	$725	$1,800
Housing units	158	3,471
Homeownership rate	82.8%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	29.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collbran	Fruitvale
Population	605 → 444 (-26.6%)	7,874 → 7,998 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $49,375 (+38.6%)	$63,509 → $76,339 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$132,800 → $209,100 (+57.5%)	$202,600 → $299,900 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $725 (-5.8%)	$1,178 → $1,800 (+52.8%)

Collbran

Population

605444

Median household income

$35,625$49,375

Median home value

$132,800$209,100

Median gross rent

$770$725

Fruitvale

Population

7,8747,998

Median household income

$63,509$76,339

Median home value

$202,600$299,900

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collbran	Fruitvale
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	5.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	30.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	20.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	5.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.2%
75 and over	4.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collbran	Fruitvale
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.2%
Asian	4.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collbran	Fruitvale
No high school diploma	3.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	50.9%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collbran	Fruitvale
Drove alone	51.9%	72.2%
Carpooled	19.3%	8.8%
Public transit	10.4%	1.8%
Walked	11.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.2%	14.4%
Other means	4.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collbran	Fruitvale
1-unit, detached	69.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Collbran	Fruitvale
Poverty rate	42.2%	10.0%
Average household size	1.77	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1973	1984