Fruita vs Redlands

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

Fruita and Redlands 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 8,771 in Redlands). Redlands has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $77,680 in Fruita). Redlands has the higher median home value ($466,400 vs $361,500 in Fruita).

Population, income & housing

	Fruita	Redlands
Population	13,578	8,771
Median age	40.8 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,680	$97,500
Median home value	$361,500	$466,400
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,546
Housing units	5,331	3,758
Homeownership rate	80.5%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruita	Redlands
Population	13,236 → 13,578 (+2.6%)	8,765 → 8,771 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$58,531 → $77,680 (+32.7%)	$78,077 → $97,500 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $361,500 (+61.7%)	$309,200 → $466,400 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,275 (+9.1%)	$1,331 → $1,546 (+16.2%)

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

Redlands

Population

8,7658,771

Median household income

$78,077$97,500

Median home value

$309,200$466,400

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruita	Redlands
Under 5	5.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	19.6%
75 and over	10.4%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruita	Redlands
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruita	Redlands
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruita	Redlands
Drove alone	78.8%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	9.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruita	Redlands
1-unit, detached	80.7%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fruita	Redlands
Poverty rate	3.9%	5.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1998	1977