Montrose vs Naturita

A side-by-side comparison of Montrose and Naturita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montrose has the higher population (20,703 vs 520 in Naturita). Montrose has the higher median household income ($63,177 vs $28,021 in Naturita). Montrose has the higher median home value ($359,000 vs $169,000 in Naturita).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose	Naturita
Population	20,703	520
Median age	45.9 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,177	$28,021
Median home value	$359,000	$169,000
Median gross rent	$1,117	$836
Housing units	9,611	268
Homeownership rate	69.8%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose	Naturita
Population	19,238 → 20,703 (+7.6%)	486 → 520 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $63,177 (+36.6%)	$35,714 → $28,021 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $359,000 (+69.6%)	$124,400 → $169,000 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,117 (+23.4%)	$625 → $836 (+33.8%)

Montrose

Population

19,23820,703

Median household income

$46,250$63,177

Median home value

$211,700$359,000

Median gross rent

$905$1,117

Naturita

Population

486520

Median household income

$35,714$28,021

Median home value

$124,400$169,000

Median gross rent

$625$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montrose	Naturita
Under 5	5.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	14.9%	16.7%
75 and over	12.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose	Naturita
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose	Naturita
No high school diploma	8.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose	Naturita
Drove alone	77.0%	93.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	3.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose	Naturita
1-unit, detached	67.4%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	49.3%

Poverty & households

	Montrose	Naturita
Poverty rate	12.9%	27.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1994	1975