Colona vs Ouray

A side-by-side comparison of Colona and Ouray: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ouray has the higher population (1,031 vs 69 in Colona). Colona has the higher median household income ($124,632 vs $76,458 in Ouray). Since 2019, Colona's population has grown faster (+23.2% vs +3.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Colona	Ouray
Population	69	1,031
Median age	36.7 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$124,632	$76,458
Median home value	—	$549,200
Median gross rent	—	$962
Housing units	29	793
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	65.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colona	Ouray
Population	56 → 69 (+23.2%)	998 → 1,031 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$119,625 → $124,632 (+4.2%)	$68,194 → $76,458 (+12.1%)
Median home value	—	$374,200 → $549,200 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$865 → $962 (+11.2%)

Colona

Population

5669

Median household income

$119,625$124,632

Ouray

Population

9981,031

Median household income

$68,194$76,458

Median home value

$374,200$549,200

Median gross rent

$865$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colona	Ouray
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	26.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	21.5%
75 and over	36.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colona	Ouray
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colona	Ouray
No high school diploma	27.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	11.8%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	60.8%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colona	Ouray
Drove alone	100.0%	39.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	14.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colona	Ouray
1-unit, detached	79.3%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Colona	Ouray
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1996	1978