Colona vs Ridgway

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

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

Ridgway has the higher population (1,247 vs 69 in Colona). Colona has the higher median household income ($124,632 vs $88,218 in Ridgway). Since 2019, Ridgway's population has grown faster (+25.7% vs +23.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Colona	Ridgway
Population	69	1,247
Median age	36.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,632	$88,218
Median home value	—	$677,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,336
Housing units	29	702
Homeownership rate	100.0%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colona	Ridgway
Population	56 → 69 (+23.2%)	992 → 1,247 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$119,625 → $124,632 (+4.2%)	$53,235 → $88,218 (+65.7%)
Median home value	—	$401,500 → $677,700 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,120 → $1,336 (+19.3%)

Colona

Population

5669

Median household income

$119,625$124,632

Ridgway

Population

9921,247

Median household income

$53,235$88,218

Median home value

$401,500$677,700

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,336

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colona	Ridgway
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	26.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	23.5%
35 to 44	17.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.6%
75 and over	36.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colona	Ridgway
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colona	Ridgway
No high school diploma	27.5%	1.2%
High school graduate	11.8%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	60.8%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colona	Ridgway
Drove alone	100.0%	60.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colona	Ridgway
1-unit, detached	79.3%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Colona	Ridgway
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.38	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1996	1999