Blue River vs Dillon

A side-by-side comparison of Blue River and Dillon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue River has the higher population (1,145 vs 933 in Dillon). Blue River has the higher median household income ($119,375 vs $95,750 in Dillon). Blue River has the higher median home value ($1,171,900 vs $939,400 in Dillon).

Population, income & housing

	Blue River	Dillon
Population	1,145	933
Median age	32.9 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,375	$95,750
Median home value	$1,171,900	$939,400
Median gross rent	$2,442	$1,682
Housing units	754	1,222
Homeownership rate	79.5%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue River	Dillon
Population	652 → 1,145 (+75.6%)	945 → 933 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$112,083 → $119,375 (+6.5%)	$67,875 → $95,750 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$656,000 → $1,171,900 (+78.6%)	$558,200 → $939,400 (+68.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $2,442 (+132.6%)	$1,042 → $1,682 (+61.4%)

Blue River

Population

6521,145

Median household income

$112,083$119,375

Median home value

$656,000$1,171,900

Median gross rent

$1,050$2,442

Dillon

Population

945933

Median household income

$67,875$95,750

Median home value

$558,200$939,400

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue River	Dillon
Under 5	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	3.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.0%
25 to 34	25.9%	19.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	20.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.1%
75 and over	3.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue River	Dillon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue River	Dillon
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	10.4%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue River	Dillon
Drove alone	60.0%	59.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue River	Dillon
1-unit, detached	88.5%	14.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	22.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	43.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Blue River	Dillon
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.5%
Average household size	3.26	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1983	1980