Alma vs Fairplay

A side-by-side comparison of Alma and Fairplay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairplay has the higher population (851 vs 242 in Alma). Fairplay has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $52,727 in Alma). Fairplay has the higher median home value ($411,000 vs $370,000 in Alma).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Fairplay
Population	242	851
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,727	$82,031
Median home value	$370,000	$411,000
Median gross rent	$2,083	$1,634
Housing units	205	516
Homeownership rate	38.9%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Fairplay
Population	377 → 242 (-35.8%)	800 → 851 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$31,964 → $52,727 (+65.0%)	$67,000 → $82,031 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$295,800 → $370,000 (+25.1%)	$186,600 → $411,000 (+120.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,083 (+79.1%)	$1,093 → $1,634 (+49.5%)

Alma

Population

377242

Median household income

$31,964$52,727

Median home value

$295,800$370,000

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,083

Fairplay

Population

800851

Median household income

$67,000$82,031

Median home value

$186,600$411,000

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Fairplay
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	17.4%	14.9%
25 to 34	23.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	17.3%
45 to 54	19.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.8%
75 and over	0.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Fairplay
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	9.1%	1.8%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Fairplay
No high school diploma	2.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	20.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Fairplay
Drove alone	58.9%	62.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.1%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Fairplay
1-unit, detached	83.4%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Fairplay
Poverty rate	9.1%	3.5%
Average household size	1.92	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	43	23
Median year structure built	1964	1975