Bent County vs Ouray County

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

Bent County and Ouray 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 5,024 in Ouray County). Ouray County has the higher median household income ($84,556 vs $49,194 in Bent County). Ouray County has the higher median home value ($670,100 vs $137,900 in Bent County).

Population, income & housing

	Bent County	Ouray County
Population	5,524	5,024
Median age	41.7 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,194	$84,556
Median home value	$137,900	$670,100
Median gross rent	$854	$1,398
Housing units	2,163	3,466
Homeownership rate	66.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bent County	Ouray County
Population	5,787 → 5,524 (-4.5%)	4,796 → 5,024 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$30,900 → $49,194 (+59.2%)	$66,417 → $84,556 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $137,900 (+70.2%)	$449,000 → $670,100 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $854 (+32.8%)	$1,223 → $1,398 (+14.3%)

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

Ouray County

Population

4,7965,024

Median household income

$66,417$84,556

Median home value

$449,000$670,100

Median gross rent

$1,223$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bent County	Ouray County
Under 5	4.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	23.4%
75 and over	8.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bent County	Ouray County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	89.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bent County	Ouray County
No high school diploma	18.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	39.3%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bent County	Ouray County
Drove alone	77.7%	60.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	14.2%
Public transit	2.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.1%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.4%	16.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bent County	Ouray County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Bent County	Ouray County
Poverty rate	31.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1961	1994