Gilcrest vs Pierce

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

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

Pierce has the higher population (1,102 vs 987 in Gilcrest). Gilcrest has the higher median household income ($66,771 vs $66,313 in Pierce). Pierce has the higher median home value ($295,600 vs $287,000 in Gilcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Gilcrest	Pierce
Population	987	1,102
Median age	33.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,771	$66,313
Median home value	$287,000	$295,600
Median gross rent	$1,900	$1,302
Housing units	310	443
Homeownership rate	86.5%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilcrest	Pierce
Population	938 → 987 (+5.2%)	1,008 → 1,102 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$62,917 → $66,771 (+6.1%)	$63,167 → $66,313 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $287,000 (+51.6%)	$225,900 → $295,600 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,900 (+68.9%)	$1,268 → $1,302 (+2.7%)

Gilcrest

Population

938987

Median household income

$62,917$66,771

Median home value

$189,300$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,900

Pierce

Population

1,0081,102

Median household income

$63,167$66,313

Median home value

$225,900$295,600

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilcrest	Pierce
Under 5	10.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.7%
75 and over	0.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilcrest	Pierce
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	69.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	72.5%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilcrest	Pierce
No high school diploma	21.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	37.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilcrest	Pierce
Drove alone	91.4%	62.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	29.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilcrest	Pierce
1-unit, detached	81.9%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Gilcrest	Pierce
Poverty rate	15.2%	3.0%
Average household size	3.51	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	42	34
Median year structure built	1975	1979