Montrose County vs Summit County

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

Montrose 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.

Montrose County has the higher population (43,272 vs 30,857 in Summit County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($106,255 vs $66,072 in Montrose County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($850,700 vs $357,900 in Montrose County).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose County	Summit County
Population	43,272	30,857
Median age	45.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,072	$106,255
Median home value	$357,900	$850,700
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,851
Housing units	19,429	31,849
Homeownership rate	74.6%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose County	Summit County
Population	41,686 → 43,272 (+3.8%)	30,649 → 30,857 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$50,489 → $66,072 (+30.9%)	$79,277 → $106,255 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$224,400 → $357,900 (+59.5%)	$579,600 → $850,700 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $1,120 (+24.3%)	$1,393 → $1,851 (+32.9%)

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

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)

	Montrose County	Summit County
Under 5	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	19.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.2%
75 and over	10.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose County	Summit County
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose County	Summit County
Drove alone	77.4%	59.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.1%	4.5%
Walked	2.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.5%	21.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	66.6%	35.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	15.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	27.4%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Montrose County	Summit County
Poverty rate	11.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1991	1989