Delta County vs Fremont County

A side-by-side comparison of Delta County and Fremont County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fremont County has the higher population (49,394 vs 31,353 in Delta County). Fremont County has the higher median household income ($61,027 vs $58,330 in Delta County). Delta County has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $282,100 in Fremont County).

Population, income & housing

	Delta County	Fremont County
Population	31,353	49,394
Median age	48.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,330	$61,027
Median home value	$318,000	$282,100
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,036
Housing units	14,931	20,449
Homeownership rate	76.4%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta County	Fremont County
Population	30,565 → 31,353 (+2.6%)	47,321 → 49,394 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$45,269 → $58,330 (+28.9%)	$49,409 → $61,027 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$241,500 → $318,000 (+31.7%)	$174,000 → $282,100 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $1,080 (+29.5%)	$838 → $1,036 (+23.6%)

Delta County

Population

30,56531,353

Median household income

$45,269$58,330

Median home value

$241,500$318,000

Median gross rent

$834$1,080

Fremont County

Population

47,32149,394

Median household income

$49,409$61,027

Median home value

$174,000$282,100

Median gross rent

$838$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta County	Fremont County
Under 5	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	16.8%	13.5%
75 and over	10.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta County	Fremont County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta County	Fremont County
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta County	Fremont County
Drove alone	72.0%	74.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	3.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	12.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta County	Fremont County
1-unit, detached	76.7%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Delta County	Fremont County
Poverty rate	14.2%	14.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1979	1980