Gilcrest vs Kersey

A side-by-side comparison of Gilcrest and Kersey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kersey has the higher population (1,318 vs 987 in Gilcrest). Gilcrest has the higher median household income ($66,771 vs $61,136 in Kersey). Kersey has the higher median home value ($317,900 vs $287,000 in Gilcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Gilcrest	Kersey
Population	987	1,318
Median age	33.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,771	$61,136
Median home value	$287,000	$317,900
Median gross rent	$1,900	$923
Housing units	310	506
Homeownership rate	86.5%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilcrest	Kersey
Population	938 → 987 (+5.2%)	1,852 → 1,318 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$62,917 → $66,771 (+6.1%)	$76,250 → $61,136 (-19.8%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $287,000 (+51.6%)	$224,200 → $317,900 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,900 (+68.9%)	$1,038 → $923 (-11.1%)

Gilcrest

Population

938987

Median household income

$62,917$66,771

Median home value

$189,300$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,900

Kersey

Population

1,8521,318

Median household income

$76,250$61,136

Median home value

$224,200$317,900

Median gross rent

$1,038$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilcrest	Kersey
Under 5	10.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.3%
75 and over	0.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilcrest	Kersey
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	63.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	72.5%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilcrest	Kersey
No high school diploma	21.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilcrest	Kersey
Drove alone	91.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilcrest	Kersey
1-unit, detached	81.9%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Gilcrest	Kersey
Poverty rate	15.2%	15.7%
Average household size	3.51	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1975	1979