Fremont County vs Montrose County

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

Fremont 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.

Fremont County has the higher population (49,394 vs 43,272 in Montrose County). Montrose County has the higher median household income ($66,072 vs $61,027 in Fremont County). Montrose County has the higher median home value ($357,900 vs $282,100 in Fremont County).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont County	Montrose County
Population	49,394	43,272
Median age	44.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,027	$66,072
Median home value	$282,100	$357,900
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,120
Housing units	20,449	19,429
Homeownership rate	76.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont County	Montrose County
Population	47,321 → 49,394 (+4.4%)	41,686 → 43,272 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$49,409 → $61,027 (+23.5%)	$50,489 → $66,072 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $282,100 (+62.1%)	$224,400 → $357,900 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,036 (+23.6%)	$901 → $1,120 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Fremont County	Montrose County
Under 5	3.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	15.0%
75 and over	8.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont County	Montrose County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	74.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont County	Montrose County
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont County	Montrose County
Drove alone	74.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	3.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont County	Montrose County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Fremont County	Montrose County
Poverty rate	14.0%	11.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1980	1991