Delta County vs Montrose County

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

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

Montrose County has the higher population (43,272 vs 31,353 in Delta County). Montrose County has the higher median household income ($66,072 vs $58,330 in Delta County). Montrose County has the higher median home value ($357,900 vs $318,000 in Delta County).

Population, income & housing

	Delta County	Montrose County
Population	31,353	43,272
Median age	48.4 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,330	$66,072
Median home value	$318,000	$357,900
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,120
Housing units	14,931	19,429
Homeownership rate	76.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta County	Montrose County
Population	30,565 → 31,353 (+2.6%)	41,686 → 43,272 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$45,269 → $58,330 (+28.9%)	$50,489 → $66,072 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$241,500 → $318,000 (+31.7%)	$224,400 → $357,900 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $1,080 (+29.5%)	$901 → $1,120 (+24.3%)

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

Montrose County

Population

41,68643,272

Median household income

$50,489$66,072

Median home value

$224,400$357,900

Median gross rent

$901$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta County	Montrose County
Under 5	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.8%	15.0%
75 and over	10.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta County	Montrose County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	74.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta County	Montrose County
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta County	Montrose County
Drove alone	72.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	3.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.5%	10.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta County	Montrose County
1-unit, detached	76.7%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Delta County	Montrose County
Poverty rate	14.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1979	1991