Bent County vs Washington County

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

Bent County and Washington 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 4,839 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($65,164 vs $49,194 in Bent County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $137,900 in Bent County).

Population, income & housing

	Bent County	Washington County
Population	5,524	4,839
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,194	$65,164
Median home value	$137,900	$218,300
Median gross rent	$854	$991
Housing units	2,163	2,280
Homeownership rate	66.1%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bent County	Washington County
Population	5,787 → 5,524 (-4.5%)	4,868 → 4,839 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$30,900 → $49,194 (+59.2%)	$50,094 → $65,164 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $137,900 (+70.2%)	$151,300 → $218,300 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $854 (+32.8%)	$734 → $991 (+35.0%)

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

Washington County

Population

4,8684,839

Median household income

$50,094$65,164

Median home value

$151,300$218,300

Median gross rent

$734$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bent County	Washington County
Under 5	4.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.6%
75 and over	8.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bent County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	84.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.1%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bent County	Washington County
No high school diploma	18.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	39.3%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bent County	Washington County
Drove alone	77.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.3%
Public transit	2.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bent County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Bent County	Washington County
Poverty rate	31.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1961	1960