Erie vs Firestone

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and Firestone: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erie has the higher population (31,927 vs 17,353 in Firestone). Erie has the higher median household income ($163,644 vs $114,591 in Firestone). Erie has the higher median home value ($685,900 vs $511,800 in Firestone).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Firestone
Population	31,927	17,353
Median age	37.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$163,644	$114,591
Median home value	$685,900	$511,800
Median gross rent	$2,775	$1,916
Housing units	11,277	6,094
Homeownership rate	87.9%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.5%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Firestone
Population	24,223 → 31,927 (+31.8%)	14,033 → 17,353 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$119,555 → $163,644 (+36.9%)	$100,288 → $114,591 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$468,600 → $685,900 (+46.4%)	$354,000 → $511,800 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,177 → $2,775 (+27.5%)	$1,545 → $1,916 (+24.0%)

Erie

Population

24,22331,927

Median household income

$119,555$163,644

Median home value

$468,600$685,900

Median gross rent

$2,177$2,775

Firestone

Population

14,03317,353

Median household income

$100,288$114,591

Median home value

$354,000$511,800

Median gross rent

$1,545$1,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Firestone
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	18.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.2%
75 and over	3.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Firestone
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	65.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	6.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Firestone
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	10.0%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Firestone
Drove alone	60.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.8%	13.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Firestone
1-unit, detached	86.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Firestone
Poverty rate	3.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	2007	2007