Conejos County vs Lake County

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

Conejos County and Lake 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 7,411 in Lake County). Lake County has the higher median household income ($93,655 vs $47,209 in Conejos County). Lake County has the higher median home value ($401,300 vs $162,100 in Conejos County).

Population, income & housing

	Conejos County	Lake County
Population	7,536	7,411
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,209	$93,655
Median home value	$162,100	$401,300
Median gross rent	$724	$1,599
Housing units	4,058	4,033
Homeownership rate	74.5%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conejos County	Lake County
Population	8,128 → 7,536 (-7.3%)	7,751 → 7,411 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$36,084 → $47,209 (+30.8%)	$50,565 → $93,655 (+85.2%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $162,100 (+34.5%)	$232,100 → $401,300 (+72.9%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $724 (+33.3%)	$982 → $1,599 (+62.8%)

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

Lake County

Population

7,7517,411

Median household income

$50,565$93,655

Median home value

$232,100$401,300

Median gross rent

$982$1,599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conejos County	Lake County
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.8%
75 and over	7.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conejos County	Lake County
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	57.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	50.1%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conejos County	Lake County
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	33.2%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conejos County	Lake County
Drove alone	63.6%	66.5%
Carpooled	19.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	13.2%	6.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conejos County	Lake County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Conejos County	Lake County
Poverty rate	13.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1978	1971