Fruitvale vs Grand Junction

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

Fruitvale 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 7,998 in Fruitvale). Fruitvale has the higher median household income ($76,339 vs $66,676 in Grand Junction). Grand Junction has the higher median home value ($358,300 vs $299,900 in Fruitvale).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitvale	Grand Junction
Population	7,998	67,027
Median age	41.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,339	$66,676
Median home value	$299,900	$358,300
Median gross rent	$1,800	$1,101
Housing units	3,471	30,626
Homeownership rate	92.3%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitvale	Grand Junction
Population	7,874 → 7,998 (+1.6%)	62,062 → 67,027 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$63,509 → $76,339 (+20.2%)	$52,504 → $66,676 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$202,600 → $299,900 (+48.0%)	$237,100 → $358,300 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,800 (+52.8%)	$935 → $1,101 (+17.8%)

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

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)

	Fruitvale	Grand Junction
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.8%
75 and over	9.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitvale	Grand Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitvale	Grand Junction
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitvale	Grand Junction
Drove alone	72.2%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.6%
Worked from home	14.4%	12.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitvale	Grand Junction
1-unit, detached	90.7%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Fruitvale	Grand Junction
Poverty rate	10.0%	13.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1984	1986