Conejos County vs Kit Carson County

A side-by-side comparison of Conejos County and Kit Carson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Conejos County has the higher population (7,536 vs 7,015 in Kit Carson County). Kit Carson County has the higher median household income ($59,810 vs $47,209 in Conejos County). Kit Carson County has the higher median home value ($221,400 vs $162,100 in Conejos County).

Population, income & housing

	Conejos County	Kit Carson County
Population	7,536	7,015
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,209	$59,810
Median home value	$162,100	$221,400
Median gross rent	$724	$916
Housing units	4,058	3,426
Homeownership rate	74.5%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conejos County	Kit Carson County
Population	8,128 → 7,536 (-7.3%)	7,447 → 7,015 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$36,084 → $47,209 (+30.8%)	$49,349 → $59,810 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $162,100 (+34.5%)	$122,400 → $221,400 (+80.9%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $724 (+33.3%)	$736 → $916 (+24.5%)

Conejos County

Population

8,1287,536

Median household income

$36,084$47,209

Median home value

$120,500$162,100

Median gross rent

$543$724

Kit Carson County

Population

7,4477,015

Median household income

$49,349$59,810

Median home value

$122,400$221,400

Median gross rent

$736$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conejos County	Kit Carson County
Under 5	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.1%
75 and over	7.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conejos County	Kit Carson County
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	50.1%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conejos County	Kit Carson County
No high school diploma	10.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	33.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conejos County	Kit Carson County
Drove alone	63.6%	79.1%
Carpooled	19.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.2%	8.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conejos County	Kit Carson County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Conejos County	Kit Carson County
Poverty rate	13.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1978	1970