Erie vs Frederick

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

Erie and Frederick 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 15,893 in Frederick). Erie has the higher median household income ($163,644 vs $135,316 in Frederick). Erie has the higher median home value ($685,900 vs $529,800 in Frederick).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Frederick
Population	31,927	15,893
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$163,644	$135,316
Median home value	$685,900	$529,800
Median gross rent	$2,775	$2,252
Housing units	11,277	5,584
Homeownership rate	87.9%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.5%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Frederick
Population	24,223 → 31,927 (+31.8%)	12,767 → 15,893 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$119,555 → $163,644 (+36.9%)	$105,827 → $135,316 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$468,600 → $685,900 (+46.4%)	$363,200 → $529,800 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,177 → $2,775 (+27.5%)	$1,480 → $2,252 (+52.2%)

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

Frederick

Population

12,76715,893

Median household income

$105,827$135,316

Median home value

$363,200$529,800

Median gross rent

$1,480$2,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Frederick
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	18.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.5%
75 and over	3.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Frederick
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	74.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	6.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Frederick
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	10.0%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Frederick
Drove alone	60.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	29.8%	17.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Frederick
1-unit, detached	86.6%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Frederick
Poverty rate	3.0%	3.0%
Average household size	2.87	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	2007	2007