Erie vs Greeley

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

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

Greeley has the higher population (109,421 vs 31,927 in Erie). Erie has the higher median household income ($163,644 vs $68,650 in Greeley). Erie has the higher median home value ($685,900 vs $369,600 in Greeley).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Greeley
Population	31,927	109,421
Median age	37.6 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$163,644	$68,650
Median home value	$685,900	$369,600
Median gross rent	$2,775	$1,333
Housing units	11,277	41,134
Homeownership rate	87.9%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.5%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Greeley
Population	24,223 → 31,927 (+31.8%)	105,888 → 109,421 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$119,555 → $163,644 (+36.9%)	$57,586 → $68,650 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$468,600 → $685,900 (+46.4%)	$247,700 → $369,600 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,177 → $2,775 (+27.5%)	$1,007 → $1,333 (+32.4%)

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

Greeley

Population

105,888109,421

Median household income

$57,586$68,650

Median home value

$247,700$369,600

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Greeley
Under 5	6.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	18.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.8%
75 and over	3.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Greeley
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	52.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	41.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Greeley
No high school diploma	2.5%	16.8%
High school graduate	10.0%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Greeley
Drove alone	60.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	29.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Greeley
1-unit, detached	86.6%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	13.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Greeley
Poverty rate	3.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.87	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	2007	1984