Montrose vs Olathe

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

Montrose and Olathe 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 1,788 in Olathe). Olathe has the higher median household income ($65,170 vs $63,177 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median home value ($359,000 vs $226,900 in Olathe).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose	Olathe
Population	20,703	1,788
Median age	45.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,177	$65,170
Median home value	$359,000	$226,900
Median gross rent	$1,117	$962
Housing units	9,611	583
Homeownership rate	69.8%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose	Olathe
Population	19,238 → 20,703 (+7.6%)	1,661 → 1,788 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $63,177 (+36.6%)	$42,946 → $65,170 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $359,000 (+69.6%)	$133,400 → $226,900 (+70.1%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,117 (+23.4%)	$714 → $962 (+34.7%)

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

Olathe

Population

1,6611,788

Median household income

$42,946$65,170

Median home value

$133,400$226,900

Median gross rent

$714$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montrose	Olathe
Under 5	5.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.2%
75 and over	12.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose	Olathe
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	41.1%
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%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	51.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose	Olathe
No high school diploma	8.4%	20.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose	Olathe
Drove alone	77.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	16.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose	Olathe
1-unit, detached	67.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Montrose	Olathe
Poverty rate	12.9%	24.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1994	1979