Fremont County vs Garfield County

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

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

Garfield County has the higher population (62,034 vs 49,394 in Fremont County). Garfield County has the higher median household income ($86,172 vs $61,027 in Fremont County). Garfield County has the higher median home value ($490,600 vs $282,100 in Fremont County).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont County	Garfield County
Population	49,394	62,034
Median age	44.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,027	$86,172
Median home value	$282,100	$490,600
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,515
Housing units	20,449	24,640
Homeownership rate	76.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont County	Garfield County
Population	47,321 → 49,394 (+4.4%)	59,055 → 62,034 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$49,409 → $61,027 (+23.5%)	$75,937 → $86,172 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $282,100 (+62.1%)	$360,600 → $490,600 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,036 (+23.6%)	$1,201 → $1,515 (+26.1%)

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

Garfield County

Population

59,05562,034

Median household income

$75,937$86,172

Median home value

$360,600$490,600

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fremont County	Garfield County
Under 5	3.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.5%
75 and over	8.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont County	Garfield County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	62.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont County	Garfield County
No high school diploma	9.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	39.9%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont County	Garfield County
Drove alone	74.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	13.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.7%
Walked	3.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont County	Garfield County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	7.7%
20 or more units	3.3%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Fremont County	Garfield County
Poverty rate	14.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1980	1992