Bent County vs Lincoln County

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

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

Lincoln County has the higher population (5,561 vs 5,524 in Bent County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($54,257 vs $49,194 in Bent County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($232,100 vs $137,900 in Bent County).

Population, income & housing

	Bent County	Lincoln County
Population	5,524	5,561
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,194	$54,257
Median home value	$137,900	$232,100
Median gross rent	$854	$854
Housing units	2,163	2,385
Homeownership rate	66.1%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bent County	Lincoln County
Population	5,787 → 5,524 (-4.5%)	5,585 → 5,561 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$30,900 → $49,194 (+59.2%)	$47,258 → $54,257 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $137,900 (+70.2%)	$147,100 → $232,100 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $854 (+32.8%)	$780 → $854 (+9.5%)

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

Lincoln County

Population

5,5855,561

Median household income

$47,258$54,257

Median home value

$147,100$232,100

Median gross rent

$780$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bent County	Lincoln County
Under 5	4.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	18.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.3%
75 and over	8.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bent County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	75.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.9%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bent County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	18.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bent County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	77.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.6%
Public transit	2.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bent County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Bent County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	31.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1961	1969