Fruita vs Grand Junction

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

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

Grand Junction has the higher population (67,027 vs 13,578 in Fruita). Fruita has the higher median household income ($77,680 vs $66,676 in Grand Junction). Fruita has the higher median home value ($361,500 vs $358,300 in Grand Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Fruita	Grand Junction
Population	13,578	67,027
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,680	$66,676
Median home value	$361,500	$358,300
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,101
Housing units	5,331	30,626
Homeownership rate	80.5%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruita	Grand Junction
Population	13,236 → 13,578 (+2.6%)	62,062 → 67,027 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$58,531 → $77,680 (+32.7%)	$52,504 → $66,676 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $361,500 (+61.7%)	$237,100 → $358,300 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,275 (+9.1%)	$935 → $1,101 (+17.8%)

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

Grand Junction

Population

62,06267,027

Median household income

$52,504$66,676

Median home value

$237,100$358,300

Median gross rent

$935$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruita	Grand Junction
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.8%
75 and over	10.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruita	Grand Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	77.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruita	Grand Junction
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruita	Grand Junction
Drove alone	78.8%	71.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	2.6%
Worked from home	8.7%	12.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruita	Grand Junction
1-unit, detached	80.7%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Fruita	Grand Junction
Poverty rate	3.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1998	1986