Blue River vs Montezuma

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

Blue River and Montezuma 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 83 in Montezuma). Montezuma has the higher median household income ($127,083 vs $119,375 in Blue River). Blue River has the higher median home value ($1,171,900 vs $861,100 in Montezuma).

Population, income & housing

	Blue River	Montezuma
Population	1,145	83
Median age	32.9 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,375	$127,083
Median home value	$1,171,900	$861,100
Median gross rent	$2,442	$1,667
Housing units	754	44
Homeownership rate	79.5%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue River	Montezuma
Population	652 → 1,145 (+75.6%)	90 → 83 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$112,083 → $119,375 (+6.5%)	—
Median home value	$656,000 → $1,171,900 (+78.6%)	$597,200 → $861,100 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $2,442 (+132.6%)	$1,354 → $1,667 (+23.1%)

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

Montezuma

Population

9083

Median home value

$597,200$861,100

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue River	Montezuma
Under 5	3.4%	9.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	21.7%
25 to 34	25.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	30.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	3.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	0.0%
75 and over	3.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue River	Montezuma
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue River	Montezuma
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	10.4%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue River	Montezuma
Drove alone	60.0%	46.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	53.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue River	Montezuma
1-unit, detached	88.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue River	Montezuma
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.4%
Average household size	3.26	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1983	2002