Morgan County vs Routt County

A side-by-side comparison of Morgan County and Routt County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morgan County has the higher population (29,186 vs 24,990 in Routt County). Routt County has the higher median household income ($104,803 vs $75,407 in Morgan County). Routt County has the higher median home value ($756,200 vs $299,300 in Morgan County).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan County	Routt County
Population	29,186	24,990
Median age	36.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,407	$104,803
Median home value	$299,300	$756,200
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,845
Housing units	11,670	16,913
Homeownership rate	65.1%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan County	Routt County
Population	28,517 → 29,186 (+2.3%)	25,072 → 24,990 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$53,682 → $75,407 (+40.5%)	$77,443 → $104,803 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$201,200 → $299,300 (+48.8%)	$535,300 → $756,200 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,092 (+30.8%)	$1,282 → $1,845 (+43.9%)

Morgan County

Population

28,51729,186

Median household income

$53,682$75,407

Median home value

$201,200$299,300

Median gross rent

$835$1,092

Routt County

Population

25,07224,990

Median household income

$77,443$104,803

Median home value

$535,300$756,200

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgan County	Routt County
Under 5	6.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.2%
75 and over	6.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan County	Routt County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	81.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan County	Routt County
No high school diploma	15.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan County	Routt County
Drove alone	75.4%	66.9%
Carpooled	13.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	3.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	2.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	18.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan County	Routt County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	10.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Morgan County	Routt County
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1975	1992