Colorado City vs Loraine

A side-by-side comparison of Colorado City and Loraine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colorado City has the higher population (3,973 vs 702 in Loraine). Colorado City has the higher median household income ($48,173 vs $34,605 in Loraine). Colorado City has the higher median home value ($61,100 vs $57,800 in Loraine).

Population, income & housing

	Colorado City	Loraine
Population	3,973	702
Median age	31.9 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,173	$34,605
Median home value	$61,100	$57,800
Median gross rent	$718	$367
Housing units	1,562	348
Homeownership rate	74.3%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colorado City	Loraine
Population	3,920 → 3,973 (+1.4%)	533 → 702 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$42,408 → $48,173 (+13.6%)	$48,750 → $34,605 (-29.0%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $61,100 (-6.3%)	$26,300 → $57,800 (+119.8%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $718 (+7.2%)	$580 → $367 (-36.7%)

Colorado City

Population

3,9203,973

Median household income

$42,408$48,173

Median home value

$65,200$61,100

Median gross rent

$670$718

Loraine

Population

533702

Median household income

$48,750$34,605

Median home value

$26,300$57,800

Median gross rent

$580$367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colorado City	Loraine
Under 5	9.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	30.8%
18 to 24	17.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	2.6%
35 to 44	5.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.8%
75 and over	9.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colorado City	Loraine
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	33.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	54.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colorado City	Loraine
No high school diploma	15.8%	22.2%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colorado City	Loraine
Drove alone	85.1%	66.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	6.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colorado City	Loraine
1-unit, detached	86.2%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Colorado City	Loraine
Poverty rate	11.7%	32.3%
Average household size	3.62	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1954	1959