Alamosa County vs Park County

A side-by-side comparison of Alamosa County and Park County: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamosa County and Park County are counties in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Park County has the higher population (17,739 vs 16,515 in Alamosa County). Park County has the higher median household income ($95,450 vs $51,445 in Alamosa County). Park County has the higher median home value ($489,300 vs $218,800 in Alamosa County).

Population, income & housing

	Alamosa County	Park County
Population	16,515	17,739
Median age	33.1 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,445	$95,450
Median home value	$218,800	$489,300
Median gross rent	$904	$1,942
Housing units	7,148	14,362
Homeownership rate	56.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamosa County	Park County
Population	16,107 → 16,515 (+2.5%)	17,867 → 17,739 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$37,515 → $51,445 (+37.1%)	$73,622 → $95,450 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$157,500 → $218,800 (+38.9%)	$327,200 → $489,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $904 (+29.1%)	$1,125 → $1,942 (+72.6%)

Alamosa County

Population

16,10716,515

Median household income

$37,515$51,445

Median home value

$157,500$218,800

Median gross rent

$700$904

Park County

Population

17,86717,739

Median household income

$73,622$95,450

Median home value

$327,200$489,300

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamosa County	Park County
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	15.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	20.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.6%
75 and over	5.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamosa County	Park County
White (non-Hispanic)	45.8%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	47.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamosa County	Park County
No high school diploma	10.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	25.2%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamosa County	Park County
Drove alone	76.5%	63.1%
Carpooled	13.4%	12.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	4.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	22.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamosa County	Park County
1-unit, detached	63.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Alamosa County	Park County
Poverty rate	18.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	16	40
Median year structure built	1984	1989