Nucla vs Olathe

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

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

Olathe has the higher population (1,788 vs 634 in Nucla). Olathe has the higher median household income ($65,170 vs $44,038 in Nucla). Olathe has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $129,700 in Nucla).

Population, income & housing

	Nucla	Olathe
Population	634	1,788
Median age	45.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,038	$65,170
Median home value	$129,700	$226,900
Median gross rent	$775	$962
Housing units	340	583
Homeownership rate	72.7%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nucla	Olathe
Population	644 → 634 (-1.6%)	1,661 → 1,788 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $44,038 (+28.1%)	$42,946 → $65,170 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $129,700 (+9.7%)	$133,400 → $226,900 (+70.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $775 (+19.2%)	$714 → $962 (+34.7%)

Nucla

Population

644634

Median household income

$34,375$44,038

Median home value

$118,200$129,700

Median gross rent

$650$775

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)

	Nucla	Olathe
Under 5	2.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	17.7%
45 to 54	6.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	20.7%	8.2%
75 and over	10.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nucla	Olathe
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	41.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	51.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nucla	Olathe
No high school diploma	12.5%	20.3%
High school graduate	40.1%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nucla	Olathe
Drove alone	63.9%	73.9%
Carpooled	20.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nucla	Olathe
1-unit, detached	59.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Nucla	Olathe
Poverty rate	12.1%	24.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1972	1979