Alpine vs Monte Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Monte Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monte Vista has the higher population (4,178 vs 99 in Alpine). Since 2019, Monte Vista's population has grown faster (+0.5% vs -61.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Monte Vista
Population	99	4,178
Median age	45.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,339
Median home value	—	$204,500
Median gross rent	—	$657
Housing units	258	1,880
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Monte Vista
Population	258 → 99 (-61.6%)	4,157 → 4,178 (+0.5%)
Median household income	—	$35,588 → $49,339 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$222,100 → $271,200 (+22.1%)	$115,100 → $204,500 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$618 → $657 (+6.3%)

Alpine

Population

25899

Median home value

$222,100$271,200

Monte Vista

Population

4,1574,178

Median household income

$35,588$49,339

Median home value

$115,100$204,500

Median gross rent

$618$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Monte Vista
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	24.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	26.8%
45 to 54	46.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.9%
75 and over	29.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Monte Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	31.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.4%	63.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Monte Vista
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.1%
High school graduate	20.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Monte Vista
Drove alone	43.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	56.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Monte Vista
1-unit, detached	80.6%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Monte Vista
Poverty rate	0.0%	29.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	2007	1966