Montrose vs Nucla

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

Montrose and Nucla 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 634 in Nucla). Montrose has the higher median household income ($63,177 vs $44,038 in Nucla). Montrose has the higher median home value ($359,000 vs $129,700 in Nucla).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose	Nucla
Population	20,703	634
Median age	45.9 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,177	$44,038
Median home value	$359,000	$129,700
Median gross rent	$1,117	$775
Housing units	9,611	340
Homeownership rate	69.8%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose	Nucla
Population	19,238 → 20,703 (+7.6%)	644 → 634 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $63,177 (+36.6%)	$34,375 → $44,038 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $359,000 (+69.6%)	$118,200 → $129,700 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,117 (+23.4%)	$650 → $775 (+19.2%)

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

Nucla

Population

644634

Median household income

$34,375$44,038

Median home value

$118,200$129,700

Median gross rent

$650$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montrose	Nucla
Under 5	5.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	20.7%
75 and over	12.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose	Nucla
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose	Nucla
No high school diploma	8.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	28.9%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose	Nucla
Drove alone	77.0%	63.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	9.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose	Nucla
1-unit, detached	67.4%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Montrose	Nucla
Poverty rate	12.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1994	1972