Bent County vs Custer County

A side-by-side comparison of Bent County and Custer County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bent County has the higher population (5,524 vs 5,073 in Custer County). Custer County has the higher median household income ($72,700 vs $49,194 in Bent County). Custer County has the higher median home value ($358,800 vs $137,900 in Bent County).

Population, income & housing

	Bent County	Custer County
Population	5,524	5,073
Median age	41.7 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,194	$72,700
Median home value	$137,900	$358,800
Median gross rent	$854	$1,021
Housing units	2,163	4,349
Homeownership rate	66.1%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bent County	Custer County
Population	5,787 → 5,524 (-4.5%)	4,776 → 5,073 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$30,900 → $49,194 (+59.2%)	$53,119 → $72,700 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $137,900 (+70.2%)	$281,900 → $358,800 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $854 (+32.8%)	$620 → $1,021 (+64.7%)

Bent County

Population

5,7875,524

Median household income

$30,900$49,194

Median home value

$81,000$137,900

Median gross rent

$643$854

Custer County

Population

4,7765,073

Median household income

$53,119$72,700

Median home value

$281,900$358,800

Median gross rent

$620$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bent County	Custer County
Under 5	4.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	5.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	25.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	21.7%
75 and over	8.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bent County	Custer County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	93.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bent County	Custer County
No high school diploma	18.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bent County	Custer County
Drove alone	77.7%	68.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.9%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	17.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bent County	Custer County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Bent County	Custer County
Poverty rate	31.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1961	1990