De Beque vs Fruitvale

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

De Beque 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 466 in De Beque). Fruitvale has the higher median household income ($76,339 vs $63,646 in De Beque). Fruitvale has the higher median home value ($299,900 vs $215,000 in De Beque).

Population, income & housing

	De Beque	Fruitvale
Population	466	7,998
Median age	43.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,646	$76,339
Median home value	$215,000	$299,900
Median gross rent	$1,319	$1,800
Housing units	210	3,471
Homeownership rate	78.7%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Beque	Fruitvale
Population	518 → 466 (-10.0%)	7,874 → 7,998 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$65,750 → $63,646 (-3.2%)	$63,509 → $76,339 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$145,600 → $215,000 (+47.7%)	$202,600 → $299,900 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,319 (+42.6%)	$1,178 → $1,800 (+52.8%)

De Beque

Population

518466

Median household income

$65,750$63,646

Median home value

$145,600$215,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,319

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)

	De Beque	Fruitvale
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	19.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.2%
75 and over	7.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Beque	Fruitvale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Beque	Fruitvale
No high school diploma	15.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	38.7%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Beque	Fruitvale
Drove alone	84.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.7%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Beque	Fruitvale
1-unit, detached	62.4%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	De Beque	Fruitvale
Poverty rate	13.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	39	20
Median year structure built	1987	1984