Morgan County vs Summit County

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

Morgan 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 29,186 in Morgan County). Summit County has the higher median household income ($106,255 vs $75,407 in Morgan County). Summit County has the higher median home value ($850,700 vs $299,300 in Morgan County).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan County	Summit County
Population	29,186	30,857
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,407	$106,255
Median home value	$299,300	$850,700
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,851
Housing units	11,670	31,849
Homeownership rate	65.1%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan County	Summit County
Population	28,517 → 29,186 (+2.3%)	30,649 → 30,857 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$53,682 → $75,407 (+40.5%)	$79,277 → $106,255 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$201,200 → $299,300 (+48.8%)	$579,600 → $850,700 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,092 (+30.8%)	$1,393 → $1,851 (+32.9%)

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

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)

	Morgan County	Summit County
Under 5	6.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	19.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.2%
75 and over	6.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan County	Summit County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	74.9%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan County	Summit County
No high school diploma	15.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan County	Summit County
Drove alone	75.4%	59.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	3.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.4%
Worked from home	6.9%	21.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan County	Summit County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	35.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	15.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	27.4%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Morgan County	Summit County
Poverty rate	12.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1975	1989