Grand Junction vs Redlands

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

Grand Junction and Redlands 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 8,771 in Redlands). Redlands has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $66,676 in Grand Junction). Redlands has the higher median home value ($466,400 vs $358,300 in Grand Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Junction	Redlands
Population	67,027	8,771
Median age	40.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,676	$97,500
Median home value	$358,300	$466,400
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,546
Housing units	30,626	3,758
Homeownership rate	62.8%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Junction	Redlands
Population	62,062 → 67,027 (+8.0%)	8,765 → 8,771 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$52,504 → $66,676 (+27.0%)	$78,077 → $97,500 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$237,100 → $358,300 (+51.1%)	$309,200 → $466,400 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,101 (+17.8%)	$1,331 → $1,546 (+16.2%)

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

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)

	Grand Junction	Redlands
Under 5	5.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	19.6%
75 and over	8.6%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Junction	Redlands
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Junction	Redlands
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Junction	Redlands
Drove alone	71.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	9.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Junction	Redlands
1-unit, detached	63.4%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Grand Junction	Redlands
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1986	1977