Otero County vs Park County

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

Otero 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.

Otero County has the higher population (18,460 vs 17,739 in Park County). Park County has the higher median household income ($95,450 vs $54,897 in Otero County). Park County has the higher median home value ($489,300 vs $160,700 in Otero County).

Population, income & housing

	Otero County	Park County
Population	18,460	17,739
Median age	40.9 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,897	$95,450
Median home value	$160,700	$489,300
Median gross rent	$796	$1,942
Housing units	8,725	14,362
Homeownership rate	68.9%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otero County	Park County
Population	18,282 → 18,460 (+1.0%)	17,867 → 17,739 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$38,169 → $54,897 (+43.8%)	$73,622 → $95,450 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $160,700 (+69.3%)	$327,200 → $489,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $796 (+17.9%)	$1,125 → $1,942 (+72.6%)

Otero County

Population

18,28218,460

Median household income

$38,169$54,897

Median home value

$94,900$160,700

Median gross rent

$675$796

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)

	Otero County	Park County
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.6%
75 and over	8.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otero County	Park County
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	41.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otero County	Park County
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otero County	Park County
Drove alone	78.0%	63.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	22.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otero County	Park County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Otero County	Park County
Poverty rate	23.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	40
Median year structure built	1957	1989