Fruita vs Fruitvale

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

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

Fruita has the higher population (13,578 vs 7,998 in Fruitvale). Fruita has the higher median household income ($77,680 vs $76,339 in Fruitvale). Fruita has the higher median home value ($361,500 vs $299,900 in Fruitvale).

Population, income & housing

	Fruita	Fruitvale
Population	13,578	7,998
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,680	$76,339
Median home value	$361,500	$299,900
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,800
Housing units	5,331	3,471
Homeownership rate	80.5%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruita	Fruitvale
Population	13,236 → 13,578 (+2.6%)	7,874 → 7,998 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$58,531 → $77,680 (+32.7%)	$63,509 → $76,339 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $361,500 (+61.7%)	$202,600 → $299,900 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,275 (+9.1%)	$1,178 → $1,800 (+52.8%)

Fruita

Population

13,23613,578

Median household income

$58,531$77,680

Median home value

$223,500$361,500

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,275

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)

	Fruita	Fruitvale
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.2%
75 and over	10.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruita	Fruitvale
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruita	Fruitvale
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruita	Fruitvale
Drove alone	78.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.7%	14.4%
Other means	0.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruita	Fruitvale
1-unit, detached	80.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Fruita	Fruitvale
Poverty rate	3.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1998	1984