Grand County vs Park County

A side-by-side comparison of Grand County and Park County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park County has the higher population (17,739 vs 15,794 in Grand County). Park County has the higher median household income ($95,450 vs $84,558 in Grand County). Grand County has the higher median home value ($507,200 vs $489,300 in Park County).

Population, income & housing

	Grand County	Park County
Population	15,794	17,739
Median age	45.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,558	$95,450
Median home value	$507,200	$489,300
Median gross rent	$1,451	$1,942
Housing units	17,037	14,362
Homeownership rate	76.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand County	Park County
Population	15,303 → 15,794 (+3.2%)	17,867 → 17,739 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$71,198 → $84,558 (+18.8%)	$73,622 → $95,450 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$308,200 → $507,200 (+64.6%)	$327,200 → $489,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,047 → $1,451 (+38.6%)	$1,125 → $1,942 (+72.6%)

Grand County

Population

15,30315,794

Median household income

$71,198$84,558

Median home value

$308,200$507,200

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,451

Park County

Population

17,86717,739

Median household income

$73,622$95,450

Median home value

$327,200$489,300

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand County	Park County
Under 5	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	20.9%
65 to 74	13.9%	16.6%
75 and over	6.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand County	Park County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand County	Park County
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	24.9%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand County	Park County
Drove alone	61.3%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	12.5%
Public transit	2.5%	0.5%
Walked	6.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	22.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand County	Park County
1-unit, detached	58.7%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand County	Park County
Poverty rate	9.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	40
Median year structure built	1990	1989