Montezuma County vs Summit County

A side-by-side comparison of Montezuma County and Summit County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Summit County has the higher population (30,857 vs 26,204 in Montezuma County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($106,255 vs $63,005 in Montezuma County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($850,700 vs $308,100 in Montezuma County).

Population, income & housing

	Montezuma County	Summit County
Population	26,204	30,857
Median age	44.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,005	$106,255
Median home value	$308,100	$850,700
Median gross rent	$974	$1,851
Housing units	12,314	31,849
Homeownership rate	74.8%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montezuma County	Summit County
Population	26,031 → 26,204 (+0.7%)	30,649 → 30,857 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$49,470 → $63,005 (+27.4%)	$79,277 → $106,255 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$222,800 → $308,100 (+38.3%)	$579,600 → $850,700 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $974 (+19.5%)	$1,393 → $1,851 (+32.9%)

Montezuma County

Population

26,03126,204

Median household income

$49,470$63,005

Median home value

$222,800$308,100

Median gross rent

$815$974

Summit County

Population

30,64930,857

Median household income

$79,277$106,255

Median home value

$579,600$850,700

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montezuma County	Summit County
Under 5	5.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	19.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.2%
75 and over	8.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montezuma County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montezuma County	Summit County
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	28.9%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montezuma County	Summit County
Drove alone	74.9%	59.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.4%	4.5%
Walked	3.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.7%	21.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montezuma County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	69.5%	35.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	15.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	27.4%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Montezuma County	Summit County
Poverty rate	13.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1985	1989