Fruita vs Palisade

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

Fruita and Palisade 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 2,580 in Palisade). Fruita has the higher median household income ($77,680 vs $61,655 in Palisade). Fruita has the higher median home value ($361,500 vs $295,200 in Palisade).

Population, income & housing

	Fruita	Palisade
Population	13,578	2,580
Median age	40.8 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,680	$61,655
Median home value	$361,500	$295,200
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,136
Housing units	5,331	1,318
Homeownership rate	80.5%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruita	Palisade
Population	13,236 → 13,578 (+2.6%)	2,696 → 2,580 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$58,531 → $77,680 (+32.7%)	$34,779 → $61,655 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $361,500 (+61.7%)	$177,100 → $295,200 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,275 (+9.1%)	$801 → $1,136 (+41.8%)

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

Palisade

Population

2,6962,580

Median household income

$34,779$61,655

Median home value

$177,100$295,200

Median gross rent

$801$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruita	Palisade
Under 5	5.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	22.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.6%
75 and over	10.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruita	Palisade
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruita	Palisade
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruita	Palisade
Drove alone	78.8%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	26.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruita	Palisade
1-unit, detached	80.7%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	13.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Fruita	Palisade
Poverty rate	3.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	1998	1981