Ouray vs Ridgway

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

Ouray 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 1,031 in Ouray). Ridgway has the higher median household income ($88,218 vs $76,458 in Ouray). Ridgway has the higher median home value ($677,700 vs $549,200 in Ouray).

Population, income & housing

	Ouray	Ridgway
Population	1,031	1,247
Median age	54.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,458	$88,218
Median home value	$549,200	$677,700
Median gross rent	$962	$1,336
Housing units	793	702
Homeownership rate	70.7%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.4%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ouray	Ridgway
Population	998 → 1,031 (+3.3%)	992 → 1,247 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $76,458 (+12.1%)	$53,235 → $88,218 (+65.7%)
Median home value	$374,200 → $549,200 (+46.8%)	$401,500 → $677,700 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $962 (+11.2%)	$1,120 → $1,336 (+19.3%)

Ouray

Population

9981,031

Median household income

$68,194$76,458

Median home value

$374,200$549,200

Median gross rent

$865$962

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)

	Ouray	Ridgway
Under 5	1.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	0.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	23.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	21.5%	11.6%
75 and over	12.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ouray	Ridgway
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ouray	Ridgway
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	8.7%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	45.0%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ouray	Ridgway
Drove alone	39.9%	60.7%
Carpooled	25.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	18.1%	20.8%
Other means	2.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ouray	Ridgway
1-unit, detached	53.8%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	18.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Ouray	Ridgway
Poverty rate	2.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.14	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1978	1999