Archuleta County vs Grand County

A side-by-side comparison of Archuleta County and Grand County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand County has the higher population (15,794 vs 13,730 in Archuleta County). Grand County has the higher median household income ($84,558 vs $76,524 in Archuleta County). Grand County has the higher median home value ($507,200 vs $451,400 in Archuleta County).

Population, income & housing

	Archuleta County	Grand County
Population	13,730	15,794
Median age	52.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,524	$84,558
Median home value	$451,400	$507,200
Median gross rent	$1,409	$1,451
Housing units	9,710	17,037
Homeownership rate	77.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Archuleta County	Grand County
Population	13,253 → 13,730 (+3.6%)	15,303 → 15,794 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$52,221 → $76,524 (+46.5%)	$71,198 → $84,558 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$314,400 → $451,400 (+43.6%)	$308,200 → $507,200 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,409 (+46.6%)	$1,047 → $1,451 (+38.6%)

Archuleta County

Population

13,25313,730

Median household income

$52,221$76,524

Median home value

$314,400$451,400

Median gross rent

$961$1,409

Grand County

Population

15,30315,794

Median household income

$71,198$84,558

Median home value

$308,200$507,200

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,451

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Archuleta County	Grand County
Under 5	3.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	18.8%	13.9%
75 and over	8.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Archuleta County	Grand County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Archuleta County	Grand County
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Archuleta County	Grand County
Drove alone	64.4%	61.3%
Carpooled	15.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.4%	2.5%
Walked	2.5%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	17.0%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Archuleta County	Grand County
1-unit, detached	74.8%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Archuleta County	Grand County
Poverty rate	8.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1994	1990