Conejos County vs Yuma County

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

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

Yuma County has the higher population (9,921 vs 7,536 in Conejos County). Yuma County has the higher median household income ($60,051 vs $47,209 in Conejos County). Yuma County has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $162,100 in Conejos County).

Population, income & housing

	Conejos County	Yuma County
Population	7,536	9,921
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,209	$60,051
Median home value	$162,100	$215,600
Median gross rent	$724	$897
Housing units	4,058	4,324
Homeownership rate	74.5%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conejos County	Yuma County
Population	8,128 → 7,536 (-7.3%)	10,003 → 9,921 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$36,084 → $47,209 (+30.8%)	$52,022 → $60,051 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $162,100 (+34.5%)	$191,800 → $215,600 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $724 (+33.3%)	$823 → $897 (+9.0%)

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

Yuma County

Population

10,0039,921

Median household income

$52,022$60,051

Median home value

$191,800$215,600

Median gross rent

$823$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conejos County	Yuma County
Under 5	6.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.1%
75 and over	7.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conejos County	Yuma County
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	68.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	50.1%	28.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conejos County	Yuma County
No high school diploma	10.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conejos County	Yuma County
Drove alone	63.6%	78.9%
Carpooled	19.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	4.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conejos County	Yuma County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Conejos County	Yuma County
Poverty rate	13.8%	15.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1978	1967